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Sound of shofar rings in Rosh Hashanah

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 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Sound of shofar marks Jewish High Holy Days

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 ...
Sun Sentinel

Listening to the shofar sounds

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) ...
Chicago Tribune

With outdoor shofar events, Chicago Jews aim for accessible religious holidays

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 ...