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Why is the shoffar blown?
A variety of reasons have been
offered for blowing the shofar.
Rav Saadiah Gaon gave 10 rea
sons. One reason is that blow
ing the shofar acknowledges
that we believe in the fact that
the Almighty is King over all
the universe.
Just as the arrival of a King is
heralded by blowing trumpets,
we announce the presence of the
Almighty with the sound of the
shofar. This indicates to us that
there is authority in this world
and that when we act without
authority we transgress.
A second reason is that the
shofar is a call to repentance. It
is a reminder to us that we have
obligations and have been
remiss in keeping than. A third
reason is that the shofar was the
instrument blown at Sinai dur
ing the Revelation that took
How to
place there. It thus reminds us of
the base of our obligations.
A fourth reason is that the
shofar reminds us of the'con
tinuous communication that ex
ists between the Almighty and
man. It also teaches us that die
lack of communication is respon
sible for a strain in the
relationship between the human
and the Divine. A fifth reason
explains the broken notes as
sound# which symboliaa the
broken pieces of the Temple in
Jerusalem. This stimulates us to
pray for its reeoastitutiou.
It may alao represent the
broken lives of sinners and our
prayer far mending those lives.
A sixth reason relates the blow
ing of the shofar on a ram’s horn
as symbolising the ram that
Abraham used as a substitute
for his son Isaac at the altar. It
thus reminds the Almighty of
in shul
on the High Holidays
by Rmbbi Emanuel Feldman
The Holy Days present a
grand opportunity for returning
to our own sources as Jews. The
time in synagogue should not be
squandered, but used to greet
effect. Below are some suggested
guidelines.
(a) Relax. Don’t worry about
keeping up with the pages. If you
And a prayer whose words reach
out to you, dwell on it. Don’t
rush.
(b) Try not to talk to anyone
around you. Not just for reasons
of decorum, but because prayer
is essentially a question of mood.
Chit-chat destroys the mood.
Save chit-chat for parties.
(c) Come early and prepare to
stay. A brief visit to Shul will
leave you cold. A longer stay
enables you to get into the spirit
of the day.
(d) Relax again. Remove any
chips from your shoulders,
whether sgainst G-d or man,
against Judaism, the Torah, the
administration, whatever.
(e) Don’t take your pulse.
Don’t worry if you are “en
joying" the services, if you are
being inspired, moved, or
stimulated. Let tiie words, the
melodies, the mood, your own
mind, take hold of you. Forget
yourself, loos yourself in the
davening.
(f) Bring your whole self to the
davening. Put yourself into it
G-d loves you, haven’t you heard?
And He wants to hear from you.
Speak to Him when you daven,
pour out your heart to Him. And
listen for Him.
(g) Listening is important
Don’t just “read” your prayer
book. Listen to it. For the
prayers were written by
religious geniuses. And when
you pray, you are really listen
ing to a magnificent religious
symphony.
(h) Praying/davening is a
privilege. Look at it as such. You
will be participating, before you
know it, in a mystical colloquy of
G-d, man, Israel, the Jewish peo
ple, past, present and future.
the willingness of Abraham to
sacrifice his son and of Isaac's
willingness to be sacrificed —
deeds whose virtues are used in
order to solicit the mercy of the
Almighty in our own judgment
A seventh reason contends
that the shofar represents the
broken hearts of the
worshippers signifying the sense
of humility with which we must
approach the Almighty. An
eighth reason advances the
belief that the shofar injects a
mood of serious thought and in
trospection. A ninth reason
looks upon the shofar as a sym
bol of hope for the future
because the era of the grand
return of the Jewish people to a
fully constituted Holy Land and
Temple in Israel is to be herald
ed by a blast from the shofar.
A tenth reason, in this same
vein of thinking, asserts that the
shofar h blown because the com
ing resurrection of the dead will
be heralded by the notes of the
shofar. Sin has often been com
pared to death and forgiveness
has been likened to resurrection.
Others have commented that the
shofar’s sound is a most
primitive and basic one. This
teaches us to reject the super
ficial coloring which taints
men’s souls and return to the
basic understanding of one’s
heart. It reawakens one’s inner
most feelings of honesty.
Some have maintained that
the mysterious sound of the
shofar gives us the feeling that
somewhere there is someone
who cares and who is accessible,
i.e., the Almighty.
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