What do the 100 Blows of the Shofar Represent?

The Ettinger Report 11:50 03.09.2021 2 years ago

During Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, the Shofar is blown 100 times. The 100 blows of the Shofar – which is also called “The Day of Blowing the Shofar” (Yom Te’rooah) – commemorate:

The creation of Adam, the first human being
The almost-sacrifice of Isaac, which was prevented by God’s angel and a ram
The receipt of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai
The tumbling of the walls of Jericho upon re-entering the Land of Israel, which was facilitated by the blowing of ram horns
Judge Gideon’s war against the Midianites, which featured the blowing of ram horns
The reaffirmation of faith in God, the Creator (“In God We Trust”).
From despondency (the destruction of the two Jewish Temples and the resulting exiles) to fulfilled optimism (the Jewish ingathering to the Land of Israel)