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Before beginning a writing project or before repairing a scroll, I speak out my verbal intention. But then I often stay still for an extra moment.
a scroll with Hebrew letters, part of Megillat Esther, with a quill and bottle of ink.
An Elul 5783 teaching by Rabbi Janet Madden
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar
“The silent air before it is blown into sound inside the horn of a beast…”
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar
“Pay attention. This is not a test.”
person in silhouette blowing shofar against white curtains

Envision your breath as a stream of clear light flowing from you into the shofar. 

a person blowing a shofar with eyes closed

“Now there’s another threshold, and this time we cross together.”

Person wrapped in a prayer shawl blowing a shofar against a sunset sky.
Three shofars of varying sizes and colors are arranged on a patterned red rug.

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