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Navigating Halachic challenges in the Shofar blowing

Jan-Elazar Refoua in his shop in Jerusalem, in front of pictures of three of his sons who are serving in reserves (Marc Israel Sellem)

Shofar shortage? War impacts Jerusalem seller as shipping delays, costs spike

An illustrative photo of a man blowing a shofar, a ceremonial ram's horn, which is done repeatedly on Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah: The courage to blow the shofar and reach unreachable heights

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO

IDF Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren blows the shofar at the Western Wall, June 1967.

Entering Elul: What blowing the shofar means for us - opinion

By DAVID GEFFEN

An illustrative photo of a man blowing a shofar, a ceremonial ram's horn, which is done repeatedly on Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah: Your guide to the Jewish new year holiday

BAR ZEMACH: ‘There was this old horn on the wall, and my dad would take it down and let me blow into it.’

Berlin-based Israeli musician Bar Zemach plays shofar in latest performance

Shofars with silver and gold ornamentation on display at the Kol Shofar Gallery, Moshav Ramat Yoav, Israel.

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE

SEE ALL manner of ‘shofars’ at the Biblical Museum of Natural History.

Jerusalem highlights September 15-21

By HAGAY HACOHEN

BLOWING THE shofar is an expression of faith and confidence.

Rosh Hashanah: Going from judgment to mercy

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The famous photo of IDF soldier Yaakov Cohen blowing a shofar at the Western Wall.

Mystery IDF shofar blower at Western Wall identified 56 years later

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

RABBI DR. NATAN SLIFKIN blows one of his shofars at the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh.

Blown away: Kick off Rosh Hashanah with biblical shofar exhibit

By URIEL PEIZER

A MAN checks a shofar ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

The silence of the shofar on Shabbat rings out majesty and devotion - opinion

By BARRY NEWMAN

ROSH HASHANAH night arrived, and a storm began to rage.

A ship in danger was saved by the power of holiness and a shofar

By LEVI COOPER

THE SHOFAR: Incomprehensible sounds.

Rosh Hashanah: Fairy tales and the secrets of the shofar

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO

The Shofar urges us to get started, and never stop.

Elul: Pushing us forward to a new reality in a new year - opinion

By DAVID GEFFEN