"The shofar’s call tears through our silence. It stands as a symbol of spiritual resistance and a means of maintaining our Jewish identity." A faded photo captures the power of the shofar sounded by a ...

Whether they are Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist or Reform, whether they gather on a California beach or in a New York City synagogue, Jews share at least one common element at their Rosh ...

Of all the commandments in the Torah, the blowing of the shofar on the Jewish New Year is one of the most important. The ancient sound — signaling the beginning of the days of repentance — is heard on ...

The shofar blasts and then pierces. It goes inside, cleanses. There is but one mitzvah - a commandment of Jewish law - for the Jewish New Year: Hear the sound of the shofar. Rosh Hashanah was in ...

"And the voice of the shofar sounded long and waxed louder and louder; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice." — Exodus 19:19 God speaks to us in many ways but rarely does anyone these days ...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – An unusual sound rang out from the Prosser Village Chapel Annex recently – the sound of a shofar being blown. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Benzion Shemtov introduced ...

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We in Israel heard so many sirens this year, but now comes the clear and simple sound of the shofar. This is another annual siren- a positive and good one. Shofar - is derived from the word ...

Because of Rabbi Elazar’s great holiness, the fulfillment of the mitzvah resulted in the storm passing, and they were all saved in his merit. On Rosh Hashanah we sound the shofar during the day and ...