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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.

Every single Jew has the ability to crown the Almighty as King on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. With the Shofar, we elevate a physical and otherwise mundane object to the lofty level of coronating the Creator.

uring the 1980s, renowned podiatrist Dr. Elliot Udell would treat the Rebbe and Rebbetzin at their home on President Street. One time, he shared with the Rebbe an experience he had of a Chabad Shliach’s outreach efforts, which he expected would displease the Rebbe...(late 1980s)

The Talmud teaches that on Rosh Hashanah G-d asks His people to sound the shofar in order to make Him their King, and to “remind” Him of their meritorious past.