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 ...
Merrick Fagan is a bass player and bartender, not a rabbi, but during the High Holy Days, he is entrusted with a sacred, God-ordained task. At Rosh Hashanah morning services, he blows a hollowed-out ...
The approach of Rosh Hashanah always takes me back in memory to my bar mitzvah, which took place on Shabbat Shuvah — the Sabbath of Repentance that comes between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Two ...
It was Erev Rosh Hashana in Auschwitz and Birkenau. 1944. Rav Tzvi Hirsch Meisels and his son just arrived to the death camp. Somehow, the Rav smuggled a shofar into the barracks. His son begged him ...
A plastic orange juice bottle, an empty paper towel roll and a tiny clay pot were meticulously glued together. To make it sparkle, splashes of purple, green, blue and gold paint were added. Then, like ...
More than 300 individuals and 45 organizations, including non-Jewish and multi-faith groups, have signed on at Hazon’s #SoundTheCall. That’s the message from the Jewish environmental group Hazon for ...
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How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
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 the shofar. An ...
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