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<td class="darktext2"> <div style="margin-top:20px; "><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="../images/male_female.gif" alt="both" align="absmiddle" /><img src="../images/clock.gif" width="27" height="35" hspace="9" align="absmiddle" />15 minutes twice a year</td> <td align="right"><img src="../images/aleph.gif" width="22" height="27" align="absmiddle" /> Tekias Shofar/<img src="images/hebrew.gif" width="78" height="22" align="absmiddle" /></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="bolded" style="margin-top:23px; "> <p> <img src="../images/hand.gif" width="35" height="35" hspace="8" align="left" />Hear the sound of the Shofar (ram's horn) on Rosh HaShanah. Preferably in the synagogue but at least the required minimum of 9 Shofar blasts on both days of Rosh Hashanah (except Shabbos).<br /> <br /> The mitzvah requires hearing a combination of the three types of shofar blasts teruah, sh'vorim and sh'vorim-teruah, preceeded and followed by a tekiah blast - for a total of 9 blasts. The tekiah is a single long note; the sh'vorim is three shorter notes and the teruah is a staccato sound, at least nine very short consecutive sounds.</p> </div> <div align="center"><img src="../images/dashed_divider.gif" alt="Dashed Line" width="441" height="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px" /></div> <p align="left"><em><img src="../images/magnifier.gif" width="35" height="32" hspace="10" align="absmiddle" /> “"Hear the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) on Rosh HaShanah. In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a holy convocation for you, you shall do no laborious work, it shall be a day of shofar sounding for you." - Numbers 29:1</em> </p> <div align="center"><img src="../images/dashed_divider.gif" alt="Dashed Line" width="441" height="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px" /></div> <p><img src="../images/eye.gif" width="40" height="21" hspace="8" vspace="6" align="left" />The Talmud has a discussion on which type of horn to use for blowing on Rosh HaShanah The conclusion is that a ram's horn is best. The reason why it is preferable to use a ram's horn for this mitzvah is that we recall the ram that was substituted as a sacrifice for our forefather Isaac.</p> <div align="center"><img src="../images/dashed_divider.gif" alt="Dashed Line" width="441" height="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px" /></div> <p><img src="../images/ladder.gif" width="36" height="40" hspace="8" vspace="6" align="left" />Though 9 is the minimal number of shofar blasts needed to be heard, we traditionally blow a total of 100 blasts during the musaf service. In fact, one should not speak (besides prayer) from when the blessings for the shofar are recited until after the completion of all 100 blasts.</p> <div align="center"><img src="../images/dashed_divider.gif" alt="Dashed Line" width="441" height="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px" /></div> <br /></td> </tr> </table> </td>   <td align="left" valign="top" style="height: 110px"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="bottom" style="height: 60px"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height: 262px; background-image: url(../images/right_bg_water2.jpg);"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td>  </tr> </table> <p id="footer"><a href="../index.htm">Home</a> l <a href="http://www.horizons.edu">horizons.edu</a> l <a href="../about.htm">About WYR</a> l <a href="../contact.htm">Contact Us</a> l <a href="../orderbook.htm">Order Book</a></p> <br /> </body> </html>