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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As everyone packed up and began to leave the shul, the two men, appearing puzzled and troubled, approached the gabbai and asked, in broken English, why the shofar was not blown. The gabbai ...

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 ...

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 ...