<p>The Torah mandates that we blow the shofar only nine times - that is, nine shofar blasts - on Rosh Hashanah; but the Jewish people universally blow at least thirty, and usually many more. Where does this tradition come from, and what does it reveal about the unity of Israel?</p>

The Torah mandates that we blow the shofar only nine times - that is, nine shofar blasts - on Rosh Hashanah; but the Jewish people universally blow at least thirty, and usually many more. Where does this tradition come from, and what does it reveal about the unity of Israel?

(86) The Shofar and the Unity of the Jewish People

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(86) The Shofar and the Unity of the Jewish People

(86) The Shofar and the Unity of the Jewish People