the sound of the shofar is a call to find your inner voice.
when verbal words are said is not the sounds of the mouth we hear but the message it contains.
when we speak breath emits from our lungs and with it the emotions that are hung in its air.
at times it is a sigh in the breath of the word said that we hear. or maybe it is really a sigh of relief being said. pay attention to the inner voice of what is being said. the words limit while the tone is more true. even better notice the breath that caries the words that are being said for the life of the words are the breath that carry them.
the soul of the message is the emotion being expressed.
On Rosh Hashana we not only listen to the shofar as another blows a ram horn but must find our inner voice in its wail.
The shofar begins narrow in it mouth but broadens out where the sound emits. This teaches us the meaning of the verses said before the blowing of the shofar proclaimed in the great hallel ; "Min hamtzer karasi Ka- anani v'marchav Ka"- "From out of my distress i called to G-d; with abounding relief G-d answered me". The shofar teaches us how to find our inner voice and express it. in the heart of every Jew is the desire to fulfill g-d's will alone. The path towards finding this voice begins at times with distress, however once we call upon g-d which we must He answers us in broadness and relief.
On Rosh hashana we are commanded to hear the Shofar it is not only about hearing the psychical sound and wail of a rams horn. to consider it such is like giving charity to the poor with out a smile or good word.
it would be like saying the words of the prayers from the text of a prayer book without intent to the words being said even worse ; like praying but really listening to the conversation of the person beside you. your head is all over but in the prayer book!
all body no soul all talk no action, the high holy days are about finding your true self and it begins by hearing the inner meaning of the shofar, which it to arouse in you your inner voice and to pay heed well unto what is says. shema yisroel hashem elokainu hashem echad-the lord is our g-d the lord is one-ein od melvado-there is no other beside Him! Wishing all & every one a chasima v'chasima tova shana tova umisukah Amen
when verbal words are said is not the sounds of the mouth we hear but the message it contains.
when we speak breath emits from our lungs and with it the emotions that are hung in its air.
at times it is a sigh in the breath of the word said that we hear. or maybe it is really a sigh of relief being said. pay attention to the inner voice of what is being said. the words limit while the tone is more true. even better notice the breath that caries the words that are being said for the life of the words are the breath that carry them.
the soul of the message is the emotion being expressed.
On Rosh Hashana we not only listen to the shofar as another blows a ram horn but must find our inner voice in its wail.
The shofar begins narrow in it mouth but broadens out where the sound emits. This teaches us the meaning of the verses said before the blowing of the shofar proclaimed in the great hallel ; "Min hamtzer karasi Ka- anani v'marchav Ka"- "From out of my distress i called to G-d; with abounding relief G-d answered me". The shofar teaches us how to find our inner voice and express it. in the heart of every Jew is the desire to fulfill g-d's will alone. The path towards finding this voice begins at times with distress, however once we call upon g-d which we must He answers us in broadness and relief.
On Rosh hashana we are commanded to hear the Shofar it is not only about hearing the psychical sound and wail of a rams horn. to consider it such is like giving charity to the poor with out a smile or good word.
it would be like saying the words of the prayers from the text of a prayer book without intent to the words being said even worse ; like praying but really listening to the conversation of the person beside you. your head is all over but in the prayer book!
all body no soul all talk no action, the high holy days are about finding your true self and it begins by hearing the inner meaning of the shofar, which it to arouse in you your inner voice and to pay heed well unto what is says. shema yisroel hashem elokainu hashem echad-the lord is our g-d the lord is one-ein od melvado-there is no other beside Him! Wishing all & every one a chasima v'chasima tova shana tova umisukah Amen
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