Comments on: A Bent and Curved Shofar http://tcjewfolk.com/bent-curved-shofar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bent-curved-shofar Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: art finkle http://tcjewfolk.com/bent-curved-shofar/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 art finkle Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:38 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=11325#comment-7953 The Mishna Berura-586, published from the latest 19th century rulings conforms wit the article. Indeed: 1. A Shofar for Rosh Hashana is most desirable for mitzvah of shofar is 2. ram's horn and 3. bent GLOSS - (3) this serves as an indication that the people will bend their hearts to the Omnipresent. 4. Once, after the event, all shofars all valid, irrespective of whether they are bent or straight. 5. The mitzvah is better fulfilled with bent shofars rather than with straight shofars Gloss: Tthe Shulchan Aruch means by this being bent is not only desireable in the case of a shofar from a ram, but even in the case of shofars from other animals, domestic or non-domestic, a bent shofar is also preferable to a straight one The Mishna Berura-586, published from the latest 19th century rulings conforms wit the article. Indeed:

1. A Shofar for Rosh Hashana is most desirable for mitzvah of shofar is
2. ram’s horn and
3. bent
GLOSS – (3) this serves as an indication that the people will bend their hearts to the Omnipresent.

4. Once, after the event, all shofars all valid, irrespective of whether they are bent or straight.
5. The mitzvah is better fulfilled with bent shofars rather than with straight shofars
Gloss: Tthe Shulchan Aruch means by this being bent is not only desireable in the case of a shofar from a ram, but even in the case of shofars from other animals, domestic or non-domestic, a bent shofar is also preferable to a straight one

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