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Torah · 36:41

The Blowing Of The Shofar

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

A shiur on the significance and practice of blowing the shofar, presented by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz.

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  1. 0:00is the blowing of the chauffeur. That's in the Torah itself. Uh but as far as…
  2. 3:34Rambam writes generally the Rambam says one of the meanings of chauffeur there are many other…
  3. 7:09which when when Israel was really under British well initially under Ottoman Empire and then after…
  4. 10:42Shabas is finally over and Revk says I'm very very happy to have spent Shabas to…
  5. 14:18brother. So he says this following. He says Rahim Moer's dining room. He lived on a…
  6. 18:02do you mean you're not a good Jew? You left the comforts of the United States…
  7. 21:38communism, Zionism, nationalism, socialism. Many, many different movements. Hascala seeking secular avenues. Uh reform, although reform…
  8. 25:16weren't conversant in, but Cabala. So, he knew everything. He was not coming from ignorance. He…
  9. 28:57given although it actually doesn't apply this year so much is that you want to make…
  10. 32:34So [snorts] the boy went to his zadei like a little boy and he said once…

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