it begins with the sound of the shofar, an ancient Jewish wind instrument made of a ram’s horn. Singer Lucian Kahn calls out for a “tekiah,” which can be translated as “blast,” and ...

short blasts. He was surrounded by legislators afterward who asked him about the ram’s horn. He blew the shofar in private for Gov. Brian Kemp later in the day. Sernovitz told the legislators he ...

It is marked at the start by the blowing of the shofar (a ram’s horn trumpet ... prayers and it is customary to have a total of 100 blasts on each day. Jews will spend time in the synagogue ...