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Tag Archives: Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana: Why Blow the Shofar?

Posted on 28 September, 2016 by zshavin

Rosh Hashana, the biblical Jewish New Year is described in the Torah (Lev. 23:24) as a “zikhron teruah”: A time of “blowing [of the shofar] of remembrance”. WHAT are we to “remember” and WHY do we blow the Shofar (ram’s Continue reading →

Posted in Traditions | Tagged Day of Remembrance, Holy Land, Holy Land Pilgrimage, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish New Year, Mount of Olives, Ram's Horn, Rosh Hashana, Shofar
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