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 ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
Mark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010. Michael Fein/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images It’s the Jewish High ...
Evanston’s Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation hosted its annual Erev Rosh Hashanah Shofar Walk Wednesday, bringing around 200 people together to celebrate the holiday. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new ...
The shofar, the most significant symbol and vehicle for the Holy Days, represents a multiplicity of interpretations and depth of meaning in our tradition. The shape, the sound, the source, and ...
The blowing sound of a shofar was heard throughout Brooklyn Sunday night as the borough's Jewish community marked the end of the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashanah. The new year isn't actually called ...
Some members of the Milwaukee Jewish community are observing the Hebrew month of Elul with particular reflection on what has happened in the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, ...
The United Hebrew Institute has named Harris Cutler as the Shofar Honoree for the 2012 Shofar campaign, which will culminate at the annual Shofar dinner that will be held at the Woodlands Inn & ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...
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