Hearing Shofar
Subtitle: The Still Small Voice of the Ram's Horn
Publisher: Self-published at www.HearingShofar.com
Published: 2009
Place of publication: www.HearingShofar.com
Language: eng
Format: ebook downloadable in HTML and PDF
Description: The work is downloadable at www.HearingShofar.com and consists of three volumes:
1 - The Call of the High Holy Days: Hear what shofar says about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Elul – the month of spiritual preparation before the High Holy Days.
2 - For the Shofar Blower: For individuals who want to blow shofar for religious and creative rituals, this is the horn’s essential owner’s manual.
3 - The People of the Ram: Delve into the legacy of shofar as it is woven into the history, mythology, anthropology, and culture of the Jewish people.
Table of contents: title: FRONT MATERIAL; title: Title Page; title: Table of Contents; title: About the Author; title: Endorsements; title: Notices; title: Acknowledgments; title: Forward – by Rabbi Dr. Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi; title: BOOK 1 - THE CALL OF THE HIGH HOLY DAYS; title: Prelude; title: PART ONE – The Call of Shofar; title: 1-1      An Awakening; title: 1-2      Five Translation Challenges; title: PART TWO – The Shofar of Elul; title: 1-3      My Shofar is My Beloved’s; title: 1-4      Meditations for each Day of Elul; title: PART THREE – The Shofar of Rosh Hashanah; title: 1-5      Blast, Break, Shatter, Blast; title: 1-6      The Ram’s Midrash; title: 1-7      The Ewe’s Horn; title: 1-8      Our Father, Our King; title: 1-9      Remembering Shofar; title: PART FOUR – The Shofar of Yom Kippur; title: 1-10   The Dinner Bell and One Last Blast; title: 1-11   Azazel and the Goat that is Set Free; title: 1-12   The Jubilee and the Prophet’s Words; title: 1-13   From the Belly of a Wail; title: Epilogue – Elul Story; title: BOOK 2 - FOR THE SHOFAR BLOWER; title: Introduction; title: 2-1      Why Shofar; title: 2-2      Kavanah for Sounding Shofar; title: 2-3      Buying, Making, and Caring for a Shofar; title: 2-4      Hearing Shofar; title: 2-5      Preliminary Exercises; title: 2-6      Getting Sound from a Shofar; title: 2-7      Sounding the Four Blasts; title: 2-8      Tips for Common Problems; title: 2-9      Staging Shofar; title: 2-10   Blowing Shofar for the Sick and Confined; title: 2-11   Secrets of an Awesome Tekiah Gedolah; title: Appendix: Quick Reference Sheet; title: BOOK 3 - THE PEOPLE OF THE RAM; title: 3-1      Shepherd Nation; title: 3-2      The Still Small Voice; title: 3-3      Sometimes a Shofar is Just a Shofar; title: 3-4      The Shaman’s Shofar; title: 3-5      Beyond the Days of Awe; title: 3-6      The Ram’s Horn of Passover; title: 3-7      The Silent Shofar; title: 3-8      Iconography and Iconolatry; title: 3-9      More Teachings from the Ram; title: 3-10    Shalshelet and Shofar; title: 3-11    After Jericho, Shevarim; title: 3-12    Would a Shofar by Any Other Name Smell So Sweet?; title: 3-13    Spirituality and “Spirality”; title: 3-14    Blow it as it Grows; title: 3-15    Shofar, So Good; title: Appendices:; title: 3-16   Scriptural References to Shofar; title: 3-17   Bibliography