HEARING THE BLASTS

“The mitzvah of the day is shofar!” -Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 3:3

There is only one positive commandment related to the Jewish New Year: to hear the blowing of the ram’s horn. Its piercing cries serve to awaken slumbering souls that have grown complacent. Echoing the prophetical cries of our predecessors who urged Israel to mend their ways and return to the Jewish community, this year its sounds will inevitably remind us of the cries of war, pain, and hope. Need a glimmer? Watch these kids blow the shofar:

Or hear Rabbi Flip blow the shofar here: