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Shemos 5772Volume 8 · Issue 15
Stars of the Night
Of this, it says (Yeshayahu 27:13), “It shall be on that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the Land of Assyria and those driven away into the Land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to God in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.” But the revelation that we belong
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Pinchas 5772Volume 8 · Issue 35
Roots of Destruction
Of this, we say in the Shemoneh Esrei Prayer, “Sound the great shofar for our freedom,” to eliminate our enslavement. “And raise a banner to gather our exiles,” to eliminate our dispersion. “And gather us together from the four corners of the earth,” and Nusach Sefard adds, “unto our land,” to return
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Nitzavim-Vayelech 5771Volume 8 · Issue 4
Tilting the Scales
One law is what he writes subsequent to his description of the judgment and his allusion of the shofar (Hilchos Teshuvah 3:4): “Therefore, every person must see himself throughout the entire year as though he is half worthy and half guilty, and likewise, the entire world as half worthy and half guilty. If he commits
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Shoftim 5772Volume 9 · Issue 1
Crossroads of Redemption
…onth, on the tenth of the month, on Yom Kippur, you shall sound the shofar throughout your land. Then, you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and announce liberty in the land for all its dwellers, it is the…
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Behar-Bechukosai 5773Volume 9 · Issue 28
Personal Counting
Its sanctity is identical to Yom Kippur, which is therefore when it was manifest. “On Yom Kippur, you shall sound the shofar throughout your land” (Vayikra 25:9), and this is how the Jubilee Year was announced.
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Nitzavim 5772Volume 9 · Issue 4
Individual Truth
Sukkos, God said pour water before Him so that the rains of the year will be blessed for us. On Rosh Hashanah, God said to recite before Him verses of Kingship, verses of remembrance…, and with what?—with the shofar.””
