(RNS) — Jewish law requires that the shofar be heard in person. But with synagogues shuttered because of the coronavirus, many Jews are dusting off old ritual objects and taking online lessons so they ...

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With the High Holidays fast approaching, Jewish congregations and communities are rethinking how to fulfill the commandment of hearing the shofar blown at a time when the COVID-19 crisis has scattered ...

It was quite a scene over at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday as a special guest came to town to help children of all ages to learn how to make a shofar. Rabbi Naftoli Schmukler was in town to ...

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Never before has Israel had such a high need for those schooled in the rarefied art of shofar blowing. The wail of the biblical shofar — made from the horn of a ram or a certain antelope species — is ...

The shofar reminds us that the most meaningful of goals – a secure and safe democratic State of Israel – can only come through hard work and continued effort. We can glean the third lesson from the ...

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It is no secret that our shul members are incredible ba’alei chesed, routinely preparing meals for new mothers and aveilim (mourners), baking for the infirm, and regularly volunteering for various ...

For thousands of years Jews have been commanded to blow the shofar, the horn of an animal, whose sound is said to rouse the soul. Shofar blowing is particularly important on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish ...

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