I’m fairly certain that I heard the shofar for the first time in my life this morning. Sure, I’ve been trying to listen to the shofar every Rosh Hashanah and elul for 25 years or so, but I’m not sure…
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Can a woman blow the shofar?
The following is a conversation that happened at kiddush this past shabbos – I tried desperately to keep from laughing and spitting my cholent everywhere, so instead I laughed inside and kept to my straight and mature face. “Hey rabbi…
To the outside world, frum Jews are just rude
I may cook for the most goyishe restaurant in the world, but it’s still pretty frum when you look at the random little events that take place or that I get asked about by the servers who take things at…
Shofar Flash mob in San Francisco
I still haven’t exactly figured out what a flash mob is, a bunch of people around the world doing something in public at the same time – so is every person in the world riding a bike or walking down…
Wheezing Shofar Blowers
It happens every year on Rosh Hashanah, I call it the wheeze, I also think its super embarrassing when you have this climactic stage in davening and suddenly the guy blowing shofar just can’t do it. Everyone is standing around…