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Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
Bracha Overview:
Thisbrachais the
10thbracha in the
amidah
This bracha is in the
shevach section
In this bracha we are
asking Hashem to
unite the Jewish
people.
This bracha comes
after
and before
How does this bracha fit in with
its surrounding brachot?
In a way, this bracha serves as a bridge between two sets of brachot. It is the connection between the brachot before, about individual needs,and the brachot after, about communal needs. This bracha, however, is the perfect bridge between the two. It asks Hashem for unite the Jewish people, a transition between personal requests and national ones. KibbutzGaluyot is also the 10thbracha-balancing to be the perfect center of all the bakashabrachot.
Said by Rabbi ElieMunk
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,
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Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered
people, Israel.
Shofar- say what?
The bracha speaks about blowing a shofar. But there is
so much that is unclear! Which shofar? Who blows it?
HasiddurHaMefusharexplains that the Mashiach is the
one to blow the shofar. The Mashiach even owns this
shofar. This implies that our bracha is referring to a time
when mashiachcomes.
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,
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,
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Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
and
The bracha uses two very similar terms to describe the
Jewish unity. What's the difference between
and ? Kontres explains that the first word
describes freeing the Jews from their servitude of exile.
however, describes the physical gathering
of the Jewish people, and returning to EretzYisrael.
,
,
.
,
.
Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
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,
.
,
.
Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
Repetitive much?
The bracha says , “and unite us together.” Doesn’t that seem repetitive? The word “V’kabetzenu” implies that we will be “yachad!” Why do we need both? Here is our answer: “V’kabetzenu” is the physical gathering of the Jewish people. We will be together in Israel, among each other. “Yachad,” however, is the spiritual gathering. The Jews will not only be in proximity of one another, but they will be mentally yachad, together. We will not argue or fight, but be united and as one. This bracha is not only asking Hashem to gather us, but to unite us so we don’t argue or fight.
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,
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Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered
people, Israel.
What are and how come
nobody told me the world had
corners?
The Weekday Siddur asks: How can the bracha say Kanaph? Is this implying that the world is flat or square? No, in Yishayahu, it says that the world is round. So what does Kanaph mean and why did the siddur use this word in particular? There are so many other words for corner, like Pinah! Kanaphprobably doesn’t mean corner. Yisachar Jacobson explains that Kanaph means that the object is streching out. Hashem is trying trying to say that the Jews will come from everywhere, almolst like the kubbutzgaluyot will strechall over the world.
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Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
Closing of the bracha
At the end of the bracha, we recognize Hashem as the
gatherer of his scattered nation. We describe ourselves as
“Hashem’s scattered people.” It is important that we
remember however comfortable we may be in Scarsdale,
Riverdale, or Teaneck, we are still in galut. We aren’t where
we are supposed to be. We are away from home, in a dark
time. We are waiting for The Mashiach to come and rescue
us from our exile.
,
,
.
,
.
Sound the great shofar
for our freedom,
And raise a banner to
gather our exiles,
And unite us together
from the four corners
of the earth.
Blessed are you
LORD, who gathers
His scattered people,
Israel.
ElieMunk, and other mefarshim, tell us that
NidcheiYisrael is referring to the ten lost tribes of Israel.
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