Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp blows the shofar on the steos of the Hamilton County Courthouse. The shofar is a ram's horn traditionally ...
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) ...
Some members of the Milwaukee Jewish community are observing the Hebrew month of Elul with particular reflection on what has happened in the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, ...
(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...
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 ...
The shofar, the most significant symbol and vehicle for the Holy Days, represents a multiplicity of interpretations and depth of meaning in our tradition. The shape, the sound, the source, and ...
MARGATE – On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Avrom Rappoport of Chabad at the Shore gave a lesson to more than two dozen children and their parents at the shofar workshop held at the Katz JCC. They ...
The Association of Religious Communities will sponsor its annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Monday, Nov. 24, at the United Methodist Church on Clapboard Ridge from 7 to 8 p.m. We hope many people ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The champion's walk to the ring was heralded by the sounding of the shofar, or ram's horn, used in the Jewish religion during the high holy days. Pounding salsa music was the ...
One long note: Tekiah- We were whole. A trail of broken notes: Shevarim-Teruah- We became broken. One long note: Tekiah again-Maybe, just maybe, we can move back toward wholeness. The shofar, a simple ...
As Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, approaches, the sound of the shofar − a ram's horn traditionally blown throughout the month, culminating on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement − serves as a ...