Keyword: shofar
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A trombone player, Sophie Svartz used her musical training to blow the shofar held by Rabbi Meir Geisinsky.
Learning about the shofar at Five Towns Chabad [Photo gallery]
The Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst held its Jewish Discovery Program Shofar Factory event for children 5 to 10 on Sept. 25, lead by Youth Director Rabbi Meir Geisinsky. more
May your heart smite you
Genuine insight can be found in unlikely places. In fact, I once noticed a striking message on a bumper sticker. It read: “He who has a clear conscience also has a faulty memory.” more
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Rabbi, Yehuda Septimus of Young Israel of North Woodmere.
Hearing the shofar’s powerful clarion call
Anyone who hears the sound of the shofar, the ram’s horn sounded in synagogues on the Jewish New Year, can attest to the potency of the sound. more
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Rabbi Shneur Wolowik
Appreciating the sounds of the shofar
Rosh Hashanah is referred to in the Torah as “the day of [shofar] blowing.” The sounding of the shofar, the ram’s horn, plays center stage. more
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Sweet food items such as honey, apples and bread symbolize the wishes of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Beginning a new year on the right path
As the Jewish year of 5774 comes to an end and we are ready to usher in 5775, there are mixed emotions about the past 13 months of the leap year. more
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Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi
Listening to the shofar’s wake-up call
Why blow the shofar? Maimonides, known by Jews universally as the Rambam, answers simply but profoundly. It is a wake-up call. We wander through much of life slumbering, not capable of making rational decisions or avoiding dangers. The shofar is sounded to awaken us to the dangers ahead. more
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