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What do we hear when we blow the shofar? Do we hear a cry to battle or do we hear a call for repentance?
The Zohar teaches us that the shofar in its essence is the sound of compassion. It is the sound of the Malchut joined with Binah, the Sephirah of compassion.
On Rosh Hashanah we start the year’s cycle all over again. The original energy that came into the world at creation is present again. But this light is too strong for us and needs balancing. This the Jewish people do with the mitzvah of the blowing of the shofar, thus bringing the sound of compassion to all humankind.
This is a class given on the inner meaning of the shofar, in which we learn a piece of the Zohar explained by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag in the Perush HaSulam. The teaching is followed by a short discussion.
About 35 minutes
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