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Hekate

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21. It still is used to this day during the High Holy Days. Evangelicals & nut cases use it like this...

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #16)

Sun Nov 13, 2022, 06:16 PM

Nov 2022

… because in their arrogance they think everything in the Bible is theirs to cut and paste. Their disrespect for actual Jews is legendary.

The most important modern use of the shofar in religious ceremonies takes place on Rosh Hashana, when it is sounded in the synagogue to call the Jewish people to a spiritual reawakening as the religious New Year begins on Tishri 1.
https://www.britannica.com/art/shofar

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It still is used to this day during the High Holy Days. Evangelicals & nut cases use it like this... Hekate Nov 2022 #21

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Because those were White Nationalists, who also despise actual Jews. The religious construct... Hekate Nov 2022 #29

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