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Step 3The Calls
Give a general description of the StepDuring Rosh Hashanah, a sequence of blows is done. At Yom Kippur, only Tekiah Gedolah is blown. The person who sounds the shofar is called the "Tokea".
Tekiah - One blow that lasts 2-3 seconds
Shevarim - It's supposed to be a "broken" tekiah, made by sounding three quick blasts.
Teruah - The alarm is made up of nine very quick pulses
Tekiah Gedolah - Meaning "Big Tekiah", the Tokea blows the shofar for as long as possible, but at least 9 seconds. If more than one Tokea are sounding, they often compete to see who can last longer.
The sequence of calls on Rosh Hashanah is:
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia gedolah.
As you can see, each line starts and ends with a tekiah. Each "stanza" is sounded separately. Prayers are said, the first three lines are soudned, more prayers are said, the second three lines, etc. I don't know if it's uniform everywhere, buy my rabbi says each call separately. He calls tekiah, I sound it, he calls shevarim-teruah, I sound it, etc.
In the video below, teruah wasn't picked up correctly by the camera's microphone, so it sounds like one long blast. That is not how it's done. Be sure to make 9 short blasts.
Enjoy!
Tekiah - One blow that lasts 2-3 seconds
Shevarim - It's supposed to be a "broken" tekiah, made by sounding three quick blasts.
Teruah - The alarm is made up of nine very quick pulses
Tekiah Gedolah - Meaning "Big Tekiah", the Tokea blows the shofar for as long as possible, but at least 9 seconds. If more than one Tokea are sounding, they often compete to see who can last longer.
The sequence of calls on Rosh Hashanah is:
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia.
tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah;
tekiah, shevarim, tekiah;
tekiah, teruah, tekia gedolah.
As you can see, each line starts and ends with a tekiah. Each "stanza" is sounded separately. Prayers are said, the first three lines are soudned, more prayers are said, the second three lines, etc. I don't know if it's uniform everywhere, buy my rabbi says each call separately. He calls tekiah, I sound it, he calls shevarim-teruah, I sound it, etc.
In the video below, teruah wasn't picked up correctly by the camera's microphone, so it sounds like one long blast. That is not how it's done. Be sure to make 9 short blasts.
Enjoy!
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i've been there this summer, its in the old city near the damascus gate isn't it =D