Shofar in a sentence

When we hear the shofar this year, one goal for this year should be to simply try to notice the experience of hearing the sound of the shofar.

As for the reason for abstaining from blowing the shofar on Shabbat, that's due to the fear of carrying the instrument itself!

I was invited to a bris at an orthodox synagogue this past week and they blew the shofar at the end of services.

Along with it, the Shofar marking the beginnings of the ceremony was sounded by Rev Dr Avi Sophie, President of Golden Gate Christian Revival, New Delhi.

My synagogue was filled with 1500 people, and before the shofar was blown, we held a prayer service for the safety of the hostages and the soldiers on the frontlines of Israel.

The Midrash says that every day that Moshe was upon the mountain (that third time), the shofar was blown throughout the camp.

When we hear the shofar’s deafening cry, we yearn to return to our source, to our higher self.

Standing on a 75-foot yacht docked in a part of the bay named after former star first baseman Willie McCovey, Rabbi Yosef Langer blew his shofar to bless the Giants, who faced off against the San Diego Padres.

After the last shofar blast, we will go to Sarah’s parents’ house for their annual Break Fast, an event that will include Dick’s Grandma Minnie’s blintzes.

Eliahu Ezra also blew the shofar at the twice, and he, too, was exiled to a camp in Africa.

It is customary to hear the blowing of the shofar 100 times over the course of Rosh Hashanah.

Small touches can go a long way, like an apple-print tablecloth; a few carefully placed honey or bee-themed items; a decorative tray filled with apples and pomegranates; a shofar as centerpiece.

Once the blessings have been made, one may not speak until the end of the shofar blowing.

Riders gave each other high fives and clinked beer bottles as someone blew a shofar in celebration in the JCC’s courtyard.

The shofar in 5779 sounds exactly when we need it.

The shofar may be away for the season, but musician and feminist advocate Kesha has sounded a new call to action, in the form of her song “Here Comes The Change,” written for the anticipated Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic.

Holiday customs include blowing the shofar, or ram's horn, in the synagogue, eating apples and honey, and saying blessings over a variety of symbolic foods, such as pomegranates.

Morning prayer services are lengthy on Rosh Hashanah, and focus on the themes described above: majesty and judgment, remembrance, the birth of the world, and the blowing of the shofar.

Rabbis may rule that a specific mitzvah from the Torah should not be performed, e.g. blowing the shofar on Shabbat, or taking the lulav and etrog on Shabbat.

The final prayer service, called "Ne'ilah", ends with a long blast of the shofar.