Ancient Paths in a Modern World

"Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls." 

interesting…

The video above made me think of the Feast of Trumpets and the type of trumpet used in this traditional Jewish feast. I found the below video showing the four different notes that a shofar uses and I found some commentary on the way the shofar is used during the Feast of Trumpets.

“Tekiah – One blow that lasts 2-3 seconds
Shevarim – It’s supposed to be a “broken” tekiah, made by sounding three quick blasts.
Teruah – The alarm is made up of nine very quick pulses
Tekiah Gedolah – Meaning “Big Tekiah”, the Tokea blows the shofar for as long as possible, but at least 9 seconds. If more than one Tokea are sounding, they often compete to see who can last longer.

The sequence of calls on Rosh Hashanah is: 

tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.

tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.

tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia gedolah.

As you can see, each line starts and ends with a tekiah. Each “stanza” is sounded separately. Prayers are said, the first three lines are sounded, more prayers are said, the second three lines, etc. I don’t know if it’s uniform everywhere, buy my rabbi says each call separately. He calls tekiah, I sound it, he calls shevarim-teruah, I sound it, etc. ”  ~ Mr. Weissensteinburg

Here is a link to why the shofar is blown and what it is suppose to symbolize. 

I find the above all very interesting. I have no conclusions, but from my biblical framework this is where I went. Hope it stirs up faith in you and courage to walk closely with our Lord.

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