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# The Ashkenazic minhag is to blow the [[Shofar]] after [[Shacharit]] during [[Elul]]. Some have the practice to start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]], while others start on the second day of [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref>The Rosh ([[Rosh Hashana]] 4:14) quotes Pirkei D’Rabi Eliezer, which says that Chazal established a practice of blowing the [[shofar]] on [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]] because a [[shofar]] was blown when Moshe ascended Har Sinai on [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]]. It continues that the [[shofar]] is blown in order to motivate Bnei Yisrael to do [[teshuva]] and to confuse the Satan. The Rosh adds that this is the basis for the Ashkenazic minhag of blowing [[shofar]] during [[Elul]]. The Rama 581:1 writes that the minhag is to blow the [[shofar]] during [[Elul]] after [[Shacharit]], and some do so also after [[Maariv]]. Mishna Brurah 581:3 writes that some start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] and some start from the second day of [[Rosh Chodesh]].</ref> | # The Ashkenazic minhag is to blow the [[Shofar]] after [[Shacharit]] during [[Elul]]. Some have the practice to start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]], while others start on the second day of [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref>The Rosh ([[Rosh Hashana]] 4:14) quotes Pirkei D’Rabi Eliezer, which says that Chazal established a practice of blowing the [[shofar]] on [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]] because a [[shofar]] was blown when Moshe ascended Har Sinai on [[Rosh Chodesh]] [[Elul]]. It continues that the [[shofar]] is blown in order to motivate Bnei Yisrael to do [[teshuva]] and to confuse the Satan. The Rosh adds that this is the basis for the Ashkenazic minhag of blowing [[shofar]] during [[Elul]]. The Rama 581:1 writes that the minhag is to blow the [[shofar]] during [[Elul]] after [[Shacharit]], and some do so also after [[Maariv]]. Mishna Brurah 581:3 writes that some start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] and some start from the second day of [[Rosh Chodesh]].</ref> | ||
# One does not blow the [[Shofar]] during [[Elul]] if one is davening by oneself. The [[shofar]] is only blown with a [[minyan]] <ref> Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 12:48 </ref> | # One does not blow the [[Shofar]] during [[Elul]] if one is davening by oneself. The [[shofar]] is only blown with a [[minyan]]. <ref> Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 12:48 </ref> | ||
# If for some reason a [[minyan]] did not blow the [[Shofar]] after [[Shacharit]] they should blow it after [[Mincha]] <ref> Sh"t Iggerot Moshe 4:21, Aruch Hashulchan 581:12 </ref> | # If for some reason a [[minyan]] did not blow the [[Shofar]] after [[Shacharit]] they should blow it after [[Mincha]]. <ref> Sh"t Iggerot Moshe 4:21, Aruch Hashulchan 581:12 </ref> | ||
==Hatarat Nedarim== | ==Hatarat Nedarim== | ||
