Positive commandments include activities such as blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashana, the study of Torah, the wearing of the tallit, etc. |
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When the shofar blows at the end of Yom Kippur, we are, for that moment, our full potential self. |
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Because it was the eve of Rosh Hashana, the image of a shofar flashed through my mind, and I recalled a Biblical story I'd learned in school. |
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And no rabbi feels compelled to tell his congregants about the importance of coming to hear the shofar on Rosh Hashana. |
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The shofar is also sounded on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, as a call for repentance and sacrifice and for love of the Torah. |
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In addition, the Jubilee is announced by the sounding of the shofar on the Day of Atonement. |
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You may want to visit a synagogue to hear the sound of the shofar and partake in some apples and honey! |
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A single blast from the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, marks the conclusion of the fast and the end of Yom Kippur. |
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We got to blow the shofar before it began, be witnesses while it was going on, and walk the streets of the capital after it had subsided. |
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The holiday is characterized by the blowing of the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn. |
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We study with our eyes, mouth, and brain, eat matzah with our mouths, listen to the shofar with our ears, and wear the tefillin on the arm and head. |
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The services end with closing prayers and the blowing of the ritual horn known as the shofar. |
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The shofar can be made to produce sobbing, wailing, and sustained sounds in sequences that are varied strictly according to ritual. |
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There could be no more stirring call to the conscience for inaugurating the Jubilee than the blowing of the shofar which heralded the revelation of the Ten Commandments. |
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Then there is challah baking and preparation for the special Rosh Hashanah feast after which the family listens to the shofar inviting them to temple worship. |
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