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(Watch) Sanhedrin Performs Temple Blowing of Shofars and Silver Trumpets For Jubilee

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Oct 5, 2017
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"Thank God, every year we come closer," Rabbi Weiss said, noting that next week, a full-dress reenactment of the Temple water libation ceremony will be held at the Shiloah Spring.

(Israel)— [BreakingIsraelNews.com] Accompanied by an anointed priest and blowing two types of shofars (rams' horns) along with silver trumpets in the Biblically prescribed manner, representatives of the nascent Sanhedrin gathered on the Mount of Olives on Thursday to count the third year of the Jubilee cycle in the most Biblically-accurate way possible. (Photo: Two types of shofars were blown: bent ram's horns and straight ibex's horns/credit: Elan Shecter/via BIN)

Sanhedrin members gathered at the spot closest to where the Kohanim (Jewish men of the priestly caste) used to perform the Biblically-mandated mitzvah (Torah commandment) of blowing [the] shofar for the New Year. Also present was Shai Golan, a Kohen who had been properly anointed, dressed in priestly garments.

Two types of shofars were used in the ceremony: two shorter, curved ram's horns and one longer, straight horn from an ibex. Each had a symbolic meaning...

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