The shofar, the most significant symbol and vehicle for the Holy Days, represents a multiplicity of interpretations and depth of meaning in our tradition. The shape, the sound, the source ...

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 ...

La denominación bíblica de esta festividad es “Zijrón teruá” (Levítico 23:24) o “Iom teruá” (Números 29:1), que se traducen respectivamente como “recordatorio de toque” o “día de toque”, en referencia ...

The River” Larry D. Thomas Why does the sound of the shofar move us? I have seen people tearing up in Shul listening to the shofar. It is as if the sound managed to pierce beneath the level of ...

A young man walks into the Barsheshet & Ribak shofar factory in Tel Aviv a few weeks before Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. It’s nearly five o’clock and the workshop is shutting soon. But Eli Ribak ...

The Mishnah, in the third chapter of Masechet Rosh Hashanah, presents the following scenario: It’s Rosh Hashanah, and, shofar in hand, you’re out for a walk. You come across some fellow Jews ...

A shofar is an ancient musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, typically a ram. It is associated with traditional Jewish holidays, especially the High Holidays. During the start of the ...

The shofar, also known as the ram’s horn, holds great significance in the Jewish community. Not only does the shofar serve as a reminder of the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, but it also ...

Blowing shofar at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley daily for the month of Elul and for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Cooper is used to the feeling of clenching his shoulders and neck muscles, having ...

The sun came out on Sunday for the 5 p.m. Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Erev Rosh Hashanah Shofar Walk on Sept. 25 at Dawes Park in Evanston. The one mile walk included more than 300 ...