It's Friday again! The theme is Awaken - so appropriate, when the newness of getting up for school has worn off, yet we still need to get up on time. Awakening can be a challenge. At minyan each weekday morning during the month of Elul, we blow the shofar at the end of the service, … Continue reading #BlogElul 17: Awaken
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#BlogElul 17: Awaken
Yesterday I listened to my son practise his shofar blowing for the High Holy Days. Traditionally, the shofar is blown 100 times on each day of Rosh HaShanah, except on Shabbat. We do not blow the shofar on Yom Kippur itself, but at the end of it, after the gates have symbolically closed, we blow … Continue reading #BlogElul 17: Awaken
#BlogElul 17 – Awaken
Since I don't have to get anybody out to school in the morning during the summer, I've been going to morning minyan more often. That means that I've been hearing the sound of the Shofar, as it is blown every morning during Elul, at the end of the morning service. What does the Shofar have … Continue reading #BlogElul 17 – Awaken
Elul is almost halfway through …
I've been reading an amazing blog by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. She talks about all sorts of things, but right now she's engaged in a project called #BlogElul, as you can see in this picture I lifted from said blogSo, what's Elul when it's at home? Elul is the sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, and … Continue reading Elul is almost halfway through …