What are the different sounds of the shofar?

by Rabbi Yossi Marcus

Library » Holidays » Rosh Hashanah » Shofar | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT Tekiah, shevarim, teruah. A tekiah is one long blast1 ; a shever is a set of three short blasts; a teru’ah is a set of nine rapid blasts. Footnotes 1. The entire series of shofar blasts concludes with a "tekiah gedolah" -- a "long tekiah." TAGS: shofar ADD A COMMENT Please email me when new comments are posted (you must be  logged in). Email to a friend Post a comment cancel Loading...