Yesterday I listened to my son practise his shofar blowing for the High Holy Days. Traditionally, the shofar is blown 100 times on each day of Rosh HaShanah, except on Shabbat. We do not blow the shofar on Yom Kippur itself, but at the end of it, after the gates have symbolically closed, we blow … Continue reading #BlogElul 17: Awaken