Food, sound, prayer, reflection ... a Jewish legal text that dates from A.D. 200. In the leadup to Rosh Hashanah, the shofar—a trumpet made from a ram or kosher animal’s horn—is regularly ...

Schwartz called the sounding of the shofar “the pinnacle of the Rosh Hashanah service in synagogues.” “It's an ancient sound that kind of transports you back to the whole expanse of Jewish ...

The sound of the shofar has been heard at Rosh Hashanah ever since the rabbis of the Talmud concluded that it must be used for teruah - horn blowing. PERFORMING the ‘Tashlich’ ritual on the ...

When is Rosh Hashanah in 2019 ... and Torah readings on both mornings of Rosh Hashanah that include repeated blasts from a ram’s horn, called a shofar; and the lighting of candles in the ...

The observance of Rosh Hashanah includes blowing the shofar - a ram’s horn - on both mornings of the holiday "which is normally done in synagogue as part of the day’s services," according to ...

(photo credit: Biblical Museum of Natural History) Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin has been long known in local circles as the “Zoo Rabbi,” but he can now add “Shofar Master” to his résumé.

On Rosh Hashanah we are called on to be the musical ... our soul seeks to deliver is carried through the medium of the shofar sound. Any shaping and changing of this note imposes an outer ...