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How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains

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 the shofar. An ...
Jewish Journal

A Bisl Torah – Sounds of the Shofar

It was Erev Rosh Hashana in Auschwitz and Birkenau. 1944. Rav Tzvi Hirsch Meisels and his son just arrived to the death camp. Somehow, the Rav smuggled a shofar into the barracks. His son begged him ...
The Conversation

How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains

Sarah Pessin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Telegraph

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 ...