The song of the balconies - Rosh Hashanah version: The "Noam" organization calls for a shofar to be heard in the courtyards of houses and on the balconies in Israel • "The project promotes what we lack - unity"

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After the applause for the medical staff and the Seder songs on the balconies, now comes the mass blowing of the shofar:  the "Noam" rabbinical organization is launching a new initiative, according to which this coming Rosh Hashanah, at 11 a.m. According to the rabbis in the organization, "the project was born out of a huge demand from a traditional audience who make sure to hear the sound of the shofar, and who fear this year that due to the corona he will not be able to visit the synagogues or places of worship as usual."

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Rabbi Israel Meir Riani, founder of the Noam organization, said that the most important symbol on Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar. The people of Israel are proud to blow the shofar, which marks the beginning of the Hebrew year. The most important thing in this project is what we lack most as a society, and that is unity. When all the people of Israel together hear the shofar blow, It is certain that this will have a positive effect on the entire year and on Israeli society in general. "

According to Riani, already today the rabbis of the organization "the initiative is designed to prevent a situation where people will have to trample their feet to hear the sound of a shofar, or older people, who are afraid to leave the house, will be forced to give up hearing the sound of a shofar."