THE NAZOREAN
WAY
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The Days of Awe II
THE BLOWING OF THE
SHOFAR ON YOM TERUAH
And an easy true name
Shofar Service
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the Shofar
The shofar
is an animal horn blown like a trumpet.
It is usually a ram's horn, but a shofar can be made from the
horn of any kosher animal except a cow. Today the use of a long and beautiful
antelope horn is popular. Unlike a
trumpet, the shofar has no mouthpiece.
It is difficult to blow. Shofar
blowers (Tekiah-Masters) spend many hours practicing
before Yom Teruah – The Day of Awe. The blowing
of the shofar is the high point
of the day.
The sounds have
been established in detail by centuries of tradition. There are four different
sounds associated with the Feast of Trumpet's service.
These sounds are explained as follows:
• Tekiah - A pure
unbroken sound that calls man to search his heart, abandon
his evil ways, and seek forgiveness through repentance.
• Shevarim - Three
trembling notes typifying sorrow that for wrongdoing and desire for change.
• Teruah - Nine
very short notes sounding one after the other, like sobbing.
• Tekiah Gedolah - The prolonged, unbroken sound typifying a final
invitation for Messiah to return to a repentant and perfect people.
So the trumpet
blasts in the service of Trumpets look
like this:
Tekiah Shevarim Teruah Tekiah Gedolah
________ __ __
__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________ =
14
________ __ __
__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________ =
14
________ __ __
__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________ = 14
14 is the number
of David’s name.
RIDDLE: What does 14 have to
do with Matthew 1 and the genealogy of the Messiah?
A total of one
hundred notes are sounded, beginning with thirty blasts immediately after the Reading of the Law. Then blow thirty more during the silent
Additional Service prayer (amidah), another thirty
during the reader's repetition of the prayer, and the remaining notes at the
end.
Here is a fairly easy way to celebrate the
Trumpets. You need a “Tekia Master,” Singers and a Reader.
Reader: Leviticus 23:24,
25. "Say to the people of Israel,
In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,
you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of
trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall
do no laborious work; and you shall present an offering by fire to
Yahweh."
Here are ten
reasons for the Trumpet blasts:
1. The Day of
Trumpets supposedly marks the beginning of Creation. (Psalm 98:6)
2. Trumpets is the first of the ten the days of Teshuvah.
(Season of Repentance before Yom Kippur)
3. Trumpets reminds us of our stand
at the foot of Mount Sinai and promised to be
obedient. (Exodus 19:19) (Exodus. 24:7)
4. Trumpets reminds us of the words of the prophets – words like the
sounding of a horn. (Ezekiel 33:4-5)
5. Trumpets
reminds us of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (Jeremiah
4:19). When we hear the sound of the ram's-horn, we understand that we are his rebuilt temple and we
rejoice. (2 Corinthians 6:16)
6. Trumpets reminds us of the binding of Isaac who, like Yahshua,
offered himself. The sacrificial ram was
caught in the thicket by the horn. (Genesis
22:13)
7. The blowing of
the ram's horn causes us to fear enough so as to bend our wills to the Creator.
(Amos 3:6)
8. Trumpets reminds us of the great judgment and the subsequent
Millennium rule. (Zephaniah 1:14-16)
9. Trumpets reminds us of the gathering of the dispersed two houses of Israel,
that we may passionately long for this re-gathering. (Isaiah 27:13)
10. Trumpets reminds us of the resurrection of the dead, that we may
believe in it. (Isaiah 18:3)
Teruah Master: I am prepared to fulfill Yahweh’s
commandment to blow the shofar as it is prescribed in the Torah, “this shall be
a day of blowing unto you.”
ALL: Blessed are You, Yahweh
our Elohim, Ruler of the universe, who makes us holy with commands and calls us
to hear the sound of the shofar. (Baruch atah, Yahweh elohainu,
melech haolam, ahshair keedshanu bimetzvotav vtzevanu leeshmoah kol shofar.)
Singers “Sound the Shofar on the Day of Awe.” (The music is at the bottom of the page. With the three repetitions, the group will
have heard all the shofar notes traditionally expected on Trumpets.)
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the Shofar
FIRST ROUND OF BLOWING THE SHOFAR
 Yom Teruah is the Day of
Awe!
The Feast of Trumpets and the Court
of Law.
Sound the Shofar in the meeting hall,
sound each doleful
trumpet call!
First, sound Tekiah! (one note 4 beats)
then, sound Shevarim! (three notes one beat
each)
now, the Teruah! (4 eight notes, 4 sixteenth notes, 1 eighth note)
finally, a Tekiah once again. (one note 3
beats)
SECOND ROUND OF BLOWING THE SHOFAR
Yom Teruah is the Day of
Awe!
The Feast of Trumpets and the Court
of Law.
Sound the Shofar in the meeting hall,
sound each doleful
trumpet call!
First, sound Tekiah! (one note 4 beats)
then, sound Shevarim! (three notes one beat
each)
now, the Teruah! (4 eight notes, 4 sixteenth notes, 1 eighth note)
finally, a Tekiah once again. (one note 3
beats)
THIRD ROUND OF BLOWING THE SHOFAR
Yom Teruah is the Day of
Awe!
The Feast of Trumpets and the Court
of Law.
Sound the Shofar in the meeting hall,
sound each doleful
trumpet call!
First, sound Tekiah! (one note 4 beats)
then, sound Shevarim! (three notes one beat
each)
now, the Teruah! (4 eight notes, 4 sixteenth notes, 1 eighth note)
Last, the Tekiah, Tekiah Gedolah,
takes the longest of
breaths that we may draw.
So our Messiah, Yahshua Messiah,
may hear our Gedolah and return on this Day of Awe. (one note 16 beats)
This is the Feast of Trumpets!
Reader: "Wake up!
Wake up, everyone who is asleep! Remember Elohim, your Creator! Instead of
going around doing things that are not important or worthwhile, take some time
to think about what you can do to make yourself into a better person. Give up
doing bad things!" - Maimonides
ALL: Blessed are You, Yahweh our Elohim, Ruler of the
universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach
this season. (Baruch atah, Yahweh elohainu, melech haolam, shehecheyanu vikeemanu v'heegeanu lozzmon hazeh.) Amein.
Jackson Snyder
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