Ari talks about the holidays of Shavuot and Yom Kippur, the Shofar that connects the two holidays, and the indigenous people of the Land of Israel.
Among those arrested for blowing a shofar was Robert Weinger. Weinger is considered the best shofar blower in the world.
The Kol Shofar workshop owned by Shofar specialist Shimon Keinan.
“Passersby, regardless of their religious affiliation, always congratulate us on Rosh Hashanah.”
Rosh Hashanah is a seemingly a "deprived holiday." Almost nothing is written about this festival in the Torah, certainly less than about any other festival. Even the shofar is not mentioned explicitly in the Torah in the context of Rosh Hashanah. All that is mentioned is that Rosh Hashana is Yom Teruah - “a day of blasting”, or Zichron Teruah - “a remembrance of blasting”, but nothing more.
By JNi.Media
Puah managed to sneak his shofar into the Temple Mount compound and kept blowing it until he was arrested.
Yom Kippur’s focus on forgiveness highlights humility, fallibility, soul-searching faith, compassion, thoughtfulness, being considerate, accepting responsibility and magnanimity.
What the ram’s horn teaches us about the importance of listening!
In every generation, the shofar blow is not like other sounds. Those sounds we listen to with our ears, but to the shofar we listen with our souls. ALL Jews always thirst for this cry of longing.
The sounds of the shofar bring us back to our encounter with our Creator and with ourselves. And they are the sounds that remind us of our holiness and our spiritual goals.
Participants brought home their own shofar to keep as a token of the fun-filled day...
Rabbi Jonny Roodyn discusses the background of the shofar blowing throughout Elul from the rooftop of Aish Hendon! Followed by a Shofar blowing!
Rabbi Nissan of Efrat teaches how to make a shofar and blow it. In the current Hebrew month Elul, the month of Selichot (forgiveness), there is the Jewish custom of blowing the Shofar every morning.
NYC's UJA-Federation leadership was criticzed for allowing groups that support economic sanctions against Israel to again march in the Celebrate Israel Parade.
On Rosh Hashanah we are taught that true self-analysis involves the breaking down of walls
By JTA
For the record, Jewish law allows you only to hear on shofar at a time on Rosh HaShanah.
By Beth Perkel
Hamas' tunnels were destroyed as were plans for their unparalleled terror attacks on Rosh Hashana.
A guide at the Gush Etzion Zoo (bet you didn't there was one of those in Gush Etzion) explains to Junior High School students how to extract the ram horn shell after it dried, and eventually make it into a shofar, on September 15, 2014.
By Batya Medad
The Evening Prayer includes dancing and singing plus a long shofar blowing to remind us the siren is modeled on the shofar.
Some people are assuming the intentions of these women are less than perfect, but that’s complete conjecture.
Can prayer in the name of Jesus be all inclusive just like a rabbi’s prayer? Jewish legislators in Florida say they don’t like being “JCd." Maybe they should get back at them with a few shofar blasts.