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Shofar Blowing
articles on Shofar Blowing
The Mitzvah of hearing the shofar.
How many shofar blasts must we hear on Rosh Hashana?
Is That Shofar Kosher?
Shofars come in many different sizes and prices, and they can be bought in many different places. If a shofar does need a hechsher, what should that kashrus certificate cover?
100 Blasts for the Homebound
Because I am in the "at-risk" population, I will not go to shul for Rosh Hashana. I know how to blow shofar. Should I blow for myself 30 kolot, or is it better to do 100?
The Voice of the Shofar
Why 100 blasts, why during Mussaf, and how the shofar’s raw sound charts the soul's journey from purity to repentance.
Lessons on Shofar Blowing
The 4th Shofar of False Redemption
Back in 1934, Rav Kook delivered a famous speech in which he described the various motivations of Jews to return to Zion – and compared them to three different shofars. I would opine that today, a fourth shofar has been added, one that is actually dangerous for the process of the national return to their holy homeland, even as it is disguised by its proponents as part of the Redemption process...
100 Blasts for the Homebound
Because I am in the “at-risk” population, I will not go to shul for Rosh Hashana. I know how to blow shofar. Should I blow for myself 30 kolot, as is usually done for those who cannot make it to shul, or is it better to do 100? If the latter, should I do 31-60 during Mussaf and the rest later, or all later?
Lessons
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Rabbis on Shofar Blowing
