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What Does the Sound of the Shofar Mean?

Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
August 28, 2026

In his commentary.) on the Koren Maḥzor for Rosh Hashanah, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (זצ׳׳ל) makes a salient point about the shofar, namely that the Torah does not clearly define the purpose of sounding a horn on Rosh Hashanah.

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