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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Herring & Shofar: Eternal Symbols of Our Nation

"Six Shofar blasts would be sounded on Erev Shabbat...
after the third blast, they would wait enough time for a small fish to be roasted"
(-Talmud Bavli, Shabbos 35b)

"Nowadays, the minhag in Jewish communities is that half an hour before the time of mincha, the shamash announces that everyone should prepare their fish; this is in place of the Shofar blast..."
(-Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 256-commentary of the Bach)



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