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Shofar



There are things that are important for us, so we speak about them.

There are things very important to us -- and so words flow out from us, bursting with emotion, meaning and depth.

And then there are things that shake us to the core. The core of our being does not wait for the mind's permission or for the right words -- there are no words that can contain it. It breaks out in a cry, in a scream and in silence.

This is the sound of the shofar: A crying voice, not even of a human being, but of an animal's horn. We need the animal -- not for its coarseness, but on the contrary, because we need to express something so sublime, it cannot find words; so essential and unbounded, the mind can neither fathom it nor hold it back.

The very core of our souls needs to cry, "Father! Father!"


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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.


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Posted: Oct 1, 2008
Both days, I was speechless after the blowing of the shofar. (for me that is something!) It connected with my very soul and I felt what our ancestors must have experienced when that sound came down from the holy mountain. Even tears could not fall but they strained to come.

Thank you for your succinct and very true words, Rabbi Freeman.
Posted By Kelly Rae, Sydney, AU
via yeshiva.org.au

Posted: Sep 29, 2008
shofar
I agree with u! Nothing stirs me like the sound of the shofar.
Thx for sharing,
Posted By gini bouwense, Inverness, FL/USA

Posted: Sep 15, 2007
FAITH
Remain faithful and remember, "nothing can stop an "idea" whose time has come."
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