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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] the Feast of Trumpets
  • Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:12:20 -0000

Actually, Shoshanna, a "teru'ah" is literally a shout, "leharia'", to shout or exclaim. The two places in which the day is mentioned, Lev. 23:23-25 and Num. 29:1-6 do not mention either the shofar or any other type of trumpet. Just when this was understood by Jews as referring to the blowing of the shofar is not clear - it's not mentioned in the Tanakh anywhere. In fact, the day itself is not mentioned until Ezra, who used it to gather the people and teach them Torah - no shofar there either. The fact that one of the sounds made by the shofar is called a "teru'ah" is a back-interpretation.

By the way, the Samaritans to this day mark the day by clapping their hands, which is how they have come to interpret "teru'ah". I'm not saying that this is a more correct interpretation, just that there are more than one possible interpretation.

Yigal Levin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 45,Issue 32 the Feast of Trumpets


Not trumpets - shofar - ram's horn.

It is not called the feast of trumpets, it is called Yom Teruah -
Teruah being the name of one of the sounds that the sofar makes.

Shoshanna



Everyone

Todday is Feast of Trumpets, Happy Feast of Trumpets
Any one have any insight on this day?
Eva Ritsema






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