What is the minimum size of a shofar? What happens if the shofar is cracked, or has a hole in it? May you beautify a shofar by adding gold plating to it?

May one blow a shofar that was used for idolatrous purposes? What about a stolen shofar, or a shofar that was part of an animal sacrifice? May a person violate a rabbinic prohibition on yom tov in order to allow him to fulfill the Torah commandment to blow the shofar?

May one blow a shofar that was used for idolatrous purposes? What about a stolen shofar, or a shofar that was part of an animal sacrifice? May a person violate a rabbinic prohibition on yom tov in order to allow him to fulfill the Torah commandment to blow the shofar?

May one blow a shofar that was used for idolatrous purposes? What about a stolen shofar, or a shofar that was part of an animal sacrifice? May a person violate a rabbinic prohibition on yom tov in order to allow him to fulfill the Torah commandment to blow the shofar?

Join the Maimonides Minute for a new series on the laws of shofar blowing. Today we learn why one must use a shofar on Rosh Hashanah, despite the surprising fact that the Torah never mentions the word "shofar" in the context of Rosh Hashanah.

Join the Maimonides Minute for a new series on the laws of shofar blowing. Today we learn why one must use a shofar on Rosh Hashanah, despite the surprising fact that the Torah never mentions the word "shofar" in the context of Rosh Hashanah.

Join the Maimonides Minute for a new series on the laws of shofar blowing. Today we learn why one must use a shofar on Rosh Hashanah, despite the surprising fact that the Torah never mentions the word "shofar" in the context of Rosh Hashanah.

We conclude our discussion of the vessels of the Kodesh with a look at the Golden Altar, which was used primarily for incense, and the Laver, which the kohanim used to wash their hands and feet.

We conclude our discussion of the vessels of the Kodesh with a look at the Golden Altar, which was used primarily for incense, and the Laver, which the kohanim used to wash their hands and feet.

We conclude our discussion of the vessels of the Kodesh with a look at the Golden Altar, which was used primarily for incense, and the Laver, which the kohanim used to wash their hands and feet.