#shofar

[magnetothemagnificent]

Contrary to what some may think, we actually do have Satan in Judaism. He's just less of an all-powerful king of Hell and adversary to G-d (because to suggest anyone can be an adversary to G-d is heretical), and more if Saul Goodman was prosecuting you as a lawyer and could be fooled into missing his court date if you blew a horn outside his house every day of the month except the day before the court date and confused him.

#jumblr #judaism #rosh hashanah #shofar #hasatan #saul goodman #if jew know jew know

[honeysuckle-venom]

The Shofar Breaks Your Heart

by Dane Kuttler

When you give a girl a shofar –  no, not a proper instrument of G-d, but a rough-cut horn with no real mouthpiece her aunt brings back from a trip to Jerusalem, don’t make it easy.

Put it up on the shelf in the living room where its curled promise of a shout will tempt her until she can reach it on tiptoe.

Tell her no one has ever found its voice, that she will only make it grunt, bray and sputter like the animal it came from.

Then give her a few years.

Give her an empty garage and a neighborhood Jewish enough to understand what it’s hearing so she can practice until tiny tekiot burst forth from the scrap of ram.

She will be the only one who can ever shape its sounds, can bend the call to tekiah, round off nine drops of t’ruah wailing, fling the anguished cry of a sh’varim from its mouth.

Let her brag about this.  Remember that children are not humble creatures, that the simple act of being heard is their great triumph.  Let her be heard.

Bring her to Hebrew school. Teach her the story of the rabbi who told his students that he would put the words of Torah on their hearts; that the words would only find their way in when the students’ hearts broke. Let her sit with that tale for as long as it takes for her own heart to shatter, for torah and poetry and forgiveness  find their way inside,

play her Leonard Cohen. Let him croon about the cracks in everything, that’s how the light gets in, let her begin searching for light, ask her where she thinks the cracks come from, give her Auschwitz, give her Torquemada, give her pogrom and quota and blacklist, the ashes of all her burnt bridges, give her avinu malkenu, ashamnu, ashamnu, ashamnu, 

watch her break  her heart with her fist.

Give her the shofar.   Let the horn steal her breath, let her begin to understand that she’s not holding a dead piece of animal, but a living prayer.

Teach her: after every blast you can hear the echo of the still small voice.

If you listen for it, you can hear the calls for the wild cries they are; salute them with a straight back when they yank you from your amidah; and should you hear a shofar blower struggle and gasp and strain for each call, imagine yourself a trapped animal, desperate to be heard.

When it’s over, Close your eyes.

Be. Broken. Here.  Before G-d and your people. Be. Cracked.

feel the light and the words come in.

#they read this at shul tonight and it was so powerful and i thought i'd share it #jumblr #judaism #poem #poetry #shofar #rosh hashanah #high holidays #elul #jewish art #dane kuttler #yom kippur

[will-o-the-witch]

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#shofar #tekiah #rosh hashanah #jumblr #jewish #Judaism

[facts-i-just-made-up]

happy new year! do you have any shofar facts?

Shana Tovah!

Not even a fake fact but likely funnier, when I was in the bathroom at the synagogue once as a kid on a Shabbat near Rosh Hashanah I farted for like a whole minute and from the next stall I heard the actual Hazzan of the place shout "Tekiah Gedolah!!!"

(For those not familiar, this is the call for the longest, loudest shofar horn blast on the holiday)

#rosh hashanah #shofar #judaism

[one-time-i-dreamt]

All I remember is there were parachuting, shofar-playing chickens involved.

#dream #paracahute #shofar #chicken #music

[ellaeved]

#jewish #judaism #yom kippur #rosh hashanah #shofar #horn #jew stuff #gay jews #jews #black jews #jews of tumblr

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I heard a shofar for the first time tonight and it sounded just like a parasaurolophus call. My autism was twinged in ways that I never imagined were possible. (Further confirmation that dinosaurs are Jewish, perhaps? 🤔)

I still daydream about making a Parasaurolophus Shofar :o

#all dinosaurs are jewish #shofar #high holy days #jumblr #palaeoblr #parasaurolophus #dinosaurs

[girlactionfigure]

#Rosh Hashanah #Judaism #Shofar #1383 Italy

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

In the 3rd Sep 23 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

Israeli bio-techs detect life-threatening diseases in DNA or cells.

Read news about six amazing Israeli medical device companies.

Jerusalem’s deputy mayor helps advance the career of women – in Morocco.

Israelis are busy in Africa, helping Rwanda, DRC, and Zambia.

Israeli innovation makes carbon-free ammonia fuel more likely.

The skies the limit for new Israeli planes and air routes.

Israeli sporting success in gymnastics, martial arts, athletics, and video games.

An Israeli woman certainly has someone watching over her.

Read More: Good News From Israel

In many synagogues, last week's Torah portion described the joyful ceremony to be performed when bringing the first fruits of the season to the Temple in Jerusalem. So it is very appropriate to read how fruitful Israelis have recently been with innovative medical devices and new treatments. Israeli programs are bearing fruit to benefit the elderly in Spain, Ethiopian-Israeli immigrants, Arab fish farmers, Middle East businesswomen, New York Search & Rescue teams, America's Historically Black colleges and three African countries. We are seeing Israeli scientific breakthroughs come to fruition in producing sustainable fuels and recycling plastics. The high number of Israeli Unicorn (billion-dollar) companies shows how fruitful Israeli entrepreneurs have become, and the seeds for future successes are being planted with new investments into the hi-tech sector.  I cannot explain, however, as to what has caused Israel to suddenly blossom at so many international sports. Finally, Israel's commitment to its children resulted in one Israeli girl overcoming cancer to become fruitful as a mother. The photo is of grapes growing on a wild vine adjacent to my local children's playground in Netanya.

#ammonia #Arabs #Artificial Intelligence #Black colleges #cancer #cruise #El Al #Ethiopians #Gal Gadot #good news #Israel #Jewish #medical devices #Morocco #Palestinians #recycling #shofar #Sodastream #ultrasound

[magnetothemagnificent]

Yitzchak and the Ram: Fates Exchanged

During the month of Elul and on Rosh HaShanah, we blow the shofar, which is commonly in the form of a ram's horn. One of the reasons we do this is to remind Hashem of how Yitzchak was almost sacrificed, but an angel intervened and Yitzchak was exchanged with a ram, and to convince Hashem to intervene on our behalf and cancel any harmful decree against us for the upcoming year.

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#jumblr #my art #jewish art #digital art #yitzchak avinu #akedat yitzchak #rosh hashanah #judaism #elul #shofar #the binding of isaac

[groovysarity]

#Shofar #5784 #Rosh Hashanah #Yom Kippur

[officialpizzarat]

shana tovah

#wet hot American summer #wet hot American summer first day of camp #wet hot #first day of camp #shana tovah #Rosh Hashanah #judaica #shofar #tekiah #etc etc

[stealth-liberal]

Guys, GUYS, so...one of my Hanukkah presents won't get here till February. But, my husband just, as in a few minutes ago, shared with me what it is. He ordered me one of those twisty, long shofars. I've been the shofar blower for my synagogue for years. I'm the only one who can do it (small congregation that's mostly senior citizens).

Anyway, the last 2 years, I've had to blow shofar through one of these small ones, and I've struggled. I'm used to bigger ones, twisty or not, they've been looong. I've felt like I'm disappointing everyone these past 2 High Holiday seasons.

He bought me the perfect shofar, it's kosher, it has the perfect length and twist in the horn it was made from. Next fall I can blow shofar the way it's MEANT to be blown, the way it's MEANT to be heard.

My husband isn't Jewish, he's Buddhist. He just watched me struggle for 2 years with a shofar I hated and fixed it. My kids were in on it too. They are so proud that their Mama is the shofar blower for their congregation. I'm... emotional. The husband is making coco for everyone right now and I just wanted to share.

#sl speaks #jumblr #jewish #high holidays #hanukkah #shofar #i married a keeper #happiness

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Joseph Glantz, 89, shows Cub Scouts Gary Sereno (left) and Alan Gershon the way to blow a shofar, September 2, 1953. The Cub Scouts, from the Educational Alliance, visited the Home of Old Israel to receive pre-holiday instructions in the sacred rituals of Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images

#New York #NYC #vintage New York #1950s #Yom Kippur #shofar #Rosh Hashanah #Judaism #September 2 #Sept. 2 #High Holy Days #Jewish holidays #Cub Scouts #vintage NY

[zika-the-certified-idiot]

WOO YEA CHARACTER BACKSTORRYYYYUSSOYWNWKSYDBW -

(And Najwa playing a Shofar, that too)

#shofar #oc lore #dnd #original character #harengon #siblings #NajwamyBeloved #digital artist #art

[hatsampixie]

Apparently I found out that the sound of a shofar (a horn made of.. well, a ram’s horn.) is believed to symbolically confuse the Devil.

I can easily imagine Cuphead getting his hands on one, and when he starts blowing it.. Cut to the Devil nearby covering his ears and reacting like a canine to a dog whistle. XD

“WHAT IS THAT NOISE?! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STO-!”

#cuphead show #the cuphead show #cuphead and mugman #the devil #demon #shofar #goat horn #satan #lucifer