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 ...
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 ...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the opening of its High Holidays, heralds a time for reflection and renewal. But it ushers the season in with the most jolting introduction it can get: The ...
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 ...
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 ...
How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Sarah Pessin, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) It’s the Jewish High ...
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