Shofar
In a worship service almost defined by its eloquence, Judaism mandates an unintelligible noise.
Sept. 27 2019 1:20AM
To One Great Hasidic Thinker, the Shofar Was a Tool to Loosen the Divine from Its Corporeal Shackles
“Happy is the people who knows the blast.”
Eitan Fishbane
Sept. 26 2019 12:01AM
Jennie Litvack, in memoriam.
Economist
July 24 2019 12:01AM
At least one of them might stem from the days when Jews ululated.
Sept. 5 2018 12:01AM
From King David to American Pentecostals, boisterous worshippers have always annoyed those who prefer their worship quiet and dignified. “Stop jumping up and down—we’re Episcopalians,”. . .
Peter Berger
Oct. 1 2014 12:01AM
The shofar is blown throughout the month of Ellul except for today: the day before Rosh Hashanah. Why the abstention?
Nachum Klafter
Sept. 4 2013 12:00AM