Welcome to a short course on how to blow the shofar


Leviticus 23:24
כד  דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר:  בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם שַׁבָּתוֹן–זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ.
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation.
Leviticus 25:9
ט  וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפַר תְּרוּעָה, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִי, בֶּעָשׂוֹר, לַחֹדֶשׁ; בְּיוֹם, הַכִּפֻּרִים, תַּעֲבִירוּ שׁוֹפָר, בְּכָל-אַרְצְכֶם.
9 Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land.
 Numbers 29:1
א  וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם–כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ:  יוֹם תְּרוּעָה, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם.
1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto you.


Stories About Shofar

 
Shofar of Freedom – Before me stood the police commander, who ordered my arrest
www.ravkooktorah.org/YOM_KIPPUR_66.htm .
Also see www.aish.com/h/iid/102324179.html  for a video of all the shofar blowers.
 
Final Blow –  He thought he had only a short time left to live, and he wished to blow it one more time
www.ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=512-01
 
Just one blast! – Do you know why I transgressed this custom? It was because my young grandchild lay on the floor begging and crying
www.chabadofrara.org/951063 
 
The Missing Sobs of the Shofar – But this time something happened. Something horrifying. Try as he could, all that came out was a raspy croak
www.ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=984-01
 
The Call of the Shofar – “Moshele, you are a Jew,” the shofar called. “Moshele, you are a Jew!
www.jewishdurham.com/4742
 
The Wake-up Call – They set down their work tools and gathered around the man blowing the shofar
www.ravkooktorah.org/ROSH_HAS59.htm
 
All the way from Auschwitz – Certain to die on the march, he wanted the world to know that the shofar had been blown at Auschwitz
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/29/rosh-hashanah-note-blown-this-rams-horn-will-echo-all-way-auschwitz/
 
Story of a shofar – ‘Turn this horn into a shofar,’ the rabbi told his student in the camp. ‘It will ensure your survival.’
www.jpost.com/opinion/columnists/story-of-a-shofar
 
Don Fernando Aguilar’s Amazing Shofar –The piece he’d written was unlike anything ever heard in Spain before
www.aish.com/jw/s/Don-Fernando-Aguilars-Amazing-Shofar.html
 
A Shofar in Siberia – How would they wake the prisoners each morning?
www.jewishmelbourne.com.au/4129809
 
Holding G‑d in Her Hands – Every year, at least one person cries
www.chabad.org/2009
 
Shloyme Came Home for Shofar – Then the unthinkable happened. Shloyme abandoned everything he had once held dear
www.chabad.org/4114671