Baal Tokea

Learning to blow shofar for the first time? Get expert tips and guidance from a master shofar-blower and musician.

Learn all about sounding the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah; how to blow the shofar, the practical laws and customs, and its special significance.

In this class, we'll cover how to select a shofar, the dos and don’ts of blowing, how to position it and how to breathe.

Rabbi Sholom Tenenbaumis an educator living in Brooklyn New York. Beginning in the early 1950s his father, Rabbi Yosef Menachem Tenenbaum, would sound the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah in 770.

Get ready for Rosh Hashanah and watch a demonstration of the Shofar blowing service, which includes the preliminary verses, the blessings and the sounding of the shofar.

The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is hearing the shofar. This year, many of us will not be able to attend synagogue services and will be blowing the shofar at home. This course will provide you with practical tips and mystical insights to fulfill th...

In our final class, we’ll look at the mystical and spiritual elements of the shofar. What does its call represent? What does it remind us to do? What does it accomplish in the celestial spheres? Ready? Here we go.

In class two, we’ll learn about when it can be blown and who can blow it. We’ll dive into how long each shofar blast needs to be and what it needs to sound like, and of course, we’ll walk you through the proper blowing sequence, let’s begin.