Should We Sound the Shofar this Yom Kippur, this year, which Falls on the Shabbat?

Many have asked whether the shofar is sounded during Yom 

Kippur, if the holiday falls on the Shabbat, as it does this year.

An answer, given by Rabbi Isaac Klein (A Jewish Guide to 

Jewish Religious Practice) might guide you.

Because the Shofar ought not  be sounded on Shabbat (less the 

breach of the Shabbat prohibition of carrying), the shofar is 

technically not sounded during the Yom Kippur service which 

ends with Neilah.

However, after the Maariv (Evening) service, when the holiday 

and the Shabbat are over, many synagogues sound the shofar at 

this time.

For those in doubt, check with the custom of your synagogue.

Art Finkle

a Jewish Ring

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