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Re’eh: Shofar in Elul
Re’eh: Shofar in Elul
There is an ancient custom to blow the shofar in Elul. The source is in the Midrash: “On Rosh Chodesh the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moshe: Ascend...
Jan 18, 2005
By Asher Meir

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