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  2. The central mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) is to hear the shofar being blown—often in synagogue, ideally as part of the prayer service. This year, listen to the blowing of the shofar on Oct. 3 and 4, 2024.

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  3. How many times must one hear the shofar sounded on Rosh Hashanah? One must hear it nine times, for the Torah uses the word teruah [a shofar sound] three times in reference to Rosh Hashanah and each teruah sound is preceded and followed by a tekiah sound.

    • A Shofar Is the Horn of an Animal. Many animals have horns, made of keratin, which can be hollowed out by removing the bone and tissue found inside. When the tips of the horns are either removed or drilled through, a sound can be produced.
    • It Is the Central Mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah. The Torah refers to Rosh Hashanah as the “day of the [shofar] blast.” 1 Since Biblical times, the central focus of Rosh Hashanah has been listening to the sounding of the shofar blasts.
    • It May Be the Longest Continuously Played Instrument. From the Biblical era until today, shofar has been blown regularly, very possibly making it the oldest instrument still in use.
    • It Was Once Blown for Battle. Still today, warriors use noise as an important weapon. Booming drums and blasting horns can sound alarms, send commands, frighten the enemy, and encourage weary soldiers.
  4. The (almost) universally-accepted practice today is to blow 100 shofar-blasts on Rosh Hashanah. But this was not always the case and even today is not the custom of all communities. The Torah does not tell us the exact count of shofar blasts that we must sound on Rosh Hashanah.

  5. Sep 21, 2014 · How many times must one sound a tarat series on Rosh Ha-shana? The Gemara derives that since the term terua appears three times in the context of Rosh Ha-shana and yovel, and each one must be preceded and followed by a tekia, one must blow three sets of tarat, or 9 sounds.

  6. Jul 16, 2012 · The Rabbis developed the rule that there should be 100 blasts during Rosh Hashanah. The issue arises that, if there are nine blasts (biblically) how does one arrive at 100. Thus, prior to the Reader’s Kaddish, 60 blasts should have sounded.

  7. The three blasts are sounded in various combinations during the shofar service on Rosh Hashanah. They are traditionally concluded with one long tekiah gedolah (or “great tekiah”) which is similar to, but much longer than, the standard tekiah.

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