(JTA) — Now that it’s Elul, the month that precedes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish world is filling with the sounds of the shofar. But what about Sea World? A viral video combining the call of sea lions ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010. Michael ...
This weekend, don’t be alarmed if you hear trumpeting in the streets. You could be witnessing the sound of a horn steeped in thousands of years of Jewish tradition. The shofar is coming outside for ...
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 ...
With all the various shofars that are kosher on display, one can be blown away, and it’s a pretty sweet way to kick off the new year. Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin has been long known in local circles as ...
As we read the words of Robert Herscowitz, we are reminded that the shofar is one of the most important symbols of the month Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur: the shofar. My close friend and noted ...
There's no way around it: The sound filling the sanctuary of Congregation Ner Tamid resembles the pained bleating of a herd of water buffalo after a lunch of profoundly questionable burritos. Yet, a ...
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Next week the Jewish High Holidays begin. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts Wednesday night (September 12) leading to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, nine days later ...
For Janise Poticha, unable to be near her sister ill with COVID, the ritual became a symbol of life with biblical meaning. And she’s not sure when it will end. (JTA) — Rabbi Janise Poticha had been ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
(THE CONVERSATION) It’s the Jewish High Holiday season, and Jews the world over are preparing to visit their local synagogues – for community, for prayer, and to hear the arresting, soulful sounds of ...
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