animal horn sounded on Rosh Hashana and other occasions
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What makes someone a Ba'al Tekiah?
Are there any qualifications for being considered a Ba'al Tekiah? Need one complete a measure of learning on the subject?
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Shofar bent to the right
There is a custom to blow the shofar from the right side of the mouth. 585/6; Rama 585/2 in name of Minhagim; Shlah brought in M”A 585/4; Kaf Hachaim 585/29
Is there a benefit of having a shofar that is bent specifically to the right hand side?
If…
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Why would someone blow the shofar from a hospital?
This evening around sunset someone blew a shofar from the top of the parking garage of the hospital across the street from my house. It’s not the month of Elul now, so what is the reason?
(I’m not Jewish so there may well be something obvious I’m…
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