The Torah urges us to return to God. One prominent term describes God’s hope that we, the Jewish People, will “lishmo’a b’kolo” (hearken to His voice; Deuteronomy 30:20). The word kol (voice) ...
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – An unusual sound rang out from the Prosser Village Chapel Annex recently – the sound of a shofar being blown. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Benzion Shemtov introduced ...
FAIRFIELD — To the sound of the shofar, Fairfield ushered in the Jewish New Year at Riverside Park Thursday. Chabad of Fairfield celebrated Rosh Hashana with a Tashlich service at the park after the ...
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 ...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, begins this year at sundown on Friday, Sept. 15 and continues through nightfall on Sunday, Sept. 17. Literally meaning “head of the year,” the two-day holiday ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — In Jewish congregations around the world, Rosh Hashana will be celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This year, at Congregation Agudas Achim, the annual High Holy Day new year’s ...
Early emerging cicadas singing their last song this September faced stiff competition from a different type of seasonal sound. Across Chicagoland, Jewish communities took to trails, parks and parking ...
NEW YORK - The ancient sound is a little different every time you hear it, but the blast of the shofar is one that has resonated in the Jewish community for millennia. "It's our alarm clock. It's to ...
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