Judaism has an interesting relationship with the concept of seeing things. In both of my previous #BlogElul posts on this theme (here and here), I give the same quote from the Sh'ma, the iconic prayer, which is ironically a call to our hearing (it literally begins "Hear, O Israel!"). But in the third paragraph of … Continue reading #BlogElul 10: See
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Hearing – #BlogElul 21
The High Holiday services are very auditory - the cantor leads the congregation in many traditional tunes, often there is a choir to enhance the experience. The rabbi gives a longer and more intense sermon than usual. The shofar sounds 100 times over the two days of Rosh HaShanah, and with full force at the … Continue reading Hearing – #BlogElul 21