Our tradition is to play the shofar every day in Elul. The tradition of hearing the shofar every day is an ancient one, to help the listener with their spiritual preparation. As a brass player, I realize that the other origin of the custom is to give the shofar player a good month of daily practice to build up the muscles of the embouchure, slowly strengthening those delicate muscles to play an unfamiliar and quite odd-sized mouthpiece, so as to be in shape for the very long series of one hundred calls required on Rosh haShanah.
We actually broadcast it daily on the page of our synagogue, Havurah Shalom in Portland (Oregon). You can watch it (we think) on Havurah's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@havurahshalom7822
Our tradition is to play the shofar every day in Elul. The tradition of hearing the shofar every day is an ancient one, to help the listener with their spiritual preparation. As a brass player, I realize that the other origin of the custom is to give the shofar player a good month of daily practice to build up the muscles of the embouchure, slowly strengthening those delicate muscles to play an unfamiliar and quite odd-sized mouthpiece, so as to be in shape for the very long series of one hundred calls required on Rosh haShanah.
We actually broadcast it daily on the page of our synagogue, Havurah Shalom in Portland (Oregon). You can watch it (we think) on Havurah's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@havurahshalom7822
Chodesh tov!
I remember you telling me about this last year! I love that you do this and broadcast it.