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e-TiM: What is a Kosher Shofar?

What is a Kosher Shofar?

Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky

Wednesday, September 6, at 11:00 am Eastern, 6:00 pm Israel

The Torah calls Rosh Hashana "Yom Terusah". What should or may one use in order to produce that sound? Are there preferences? Did the Yemenites really use those long, curved shofars? We will discuss the historical, halachic, and biological background to shofars.

Date

September 6, 2023

Time

11:00 AM 12:00 PM EDT

Topics

Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah

Classes of e-TiM: What is a Kosher Shofar?

What is a Kosher Shofar?

September 6, 2023

Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky

Program: e-TiM: What is a Kosher Shofar?

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Meet the speaker

Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky

RABBI DR. ARI ZIVOTOFSKY is a professor of Neuroscience at Bar Ilan University. He is an expert in the laws and traditions of kosher animals. He co-created the highly successful “mesorah dinners” and conferences in Yerushalayim, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. As a "halachic adventurer", he has spent over 30 years exploring Jewish traditions and mesorot from far-flung Jewish communities around the globe, having visited over 40 countries on 5 continents with the aim of studying their Jewish communities. He…

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