Torah Thought: Silent Shofar by Rabbi Yossi Madvig of Oswego N.Y
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Torah Thought: Silent Shofar by Rabbi Yossi Madvig of Oswego N.Y

B1IntermediateSeptember 10, 20263 min

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She's praying before God for children and the priest, the high priest sees her and he says,

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You know in front of the altar. She says what are you doing? You're drunk. Get out of here. You shouldn't be here

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This week is Rosh Hashanah and I want to tell you about the silent shofar. And I know usually I do something on the haftorah this year, but don't worry, this actually ties in. Because in the haftorah for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, there's a famous story of Khanna. She's praying before God for children and the priest, the high priest sees her and he says,

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You know he thinks he you know he sees her lips moving. No sounds are coming out and you think she's drunk or something You know in front of the altar. She says what are you doing? You're drunk. Get out of here. You shouldn't be here And she says no, I'm not drunk. I'm praying but she was praying but silently right and though she wasn't talking She was moving her lips. And so how does this relate to the silent shofar?

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So what does the shofar represent? There's actually famously by by Rabbi Sadia Gohne famous rabbi who lived over a thousand years ago and he gives the 10 reasons why we blow shofar and Rosh Hashanah among them coordinating God as king to we're also doing it you know because you have like trumpets and stuff like this when you do a

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