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Yeshivish glossary term

tekias shofar

תקיעת שופר

Meaning

  • blowing of the shofar
  • Rosh Hashanah shofar service

Alternate spellings

tekiat shofar, tekias shofer

Usage and context

Refers to the mitzvah and structured series of Rosh Hashanah shofar blasts.

Category
Rosh Hashanah
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

Tekias shofar is after Krias HaTorah.

Plain-English example

The shofar-blowing service is after the Torah reading.