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It seems like making a shofar out of an animal is creepy and gross in the 21st century. Why do we do it? Is it OK to use some other kind of instrument instead?
It seems like making a shofar out of an animal is creepy and gross in the 21st century. Why do we do it? Is it...
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Four Questions with Robert Stern, Composer of Shofar
As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the shofar blasts are heard daily during the month of Elul. For some, it is an awakening. For others,...
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The High Holiday services this year will be my first time ever going to synagogue. I don't speak Hebrew. What are somethings I can do to get something meaningful out of the services?
The High Holiday services this year will be my first time ever going to synagogue. I don't speak Hebrew. What are somethings I can do...
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Why don't we blow the shofar on Shabbat, even if it's Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur?
Jerry Sherman of Framingham asks: I was wondering why the shofar is not supposed to be sounded on Shabbat if Rosh Hashanah falls on that...
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High Holidays 101
Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) are collectively called the High Holidays (or, alternately, the High Holy Days)....
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Shofar Across Boston: Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh
Sounding the shofar is one way we get ourselves ready for the High Holidays. Some people visit the mikveh for a ritual immersion to help...
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Shofar Across Boston: Roni in Dover
When we first put out the call for people to submit their own videos of the shofar being sounded around our community, I knew I...
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Shofar Across Boston: Brookline and the JWA
Okay, so maybe my goal of doing a shofar video every day in the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah hasn't panned out. (It was...
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New Year, New Baby
Today my little guy turns two and along with the celebration of how beautifully he’s growing, I find myself a little sad that we don’t...
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Shofar Across Boston Day Five: Jamaica Plain
Today is the fifth day of the month of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah. There's a tradition to sound the shofar every day...
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