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Q&A Can a woman blow the shofar during Elul for herself? Can anyone?

According to the views cited in the Dirshu Mishna Brura1: if one is praying without a minyan, there is no need to blow shofar. It is (apparently) a custom for a community, not for individuals. D...

posted 4y ago by MTL‭  ·  edited 4y ago by MTL‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar MTL‭ · 2020-07-01T16:44:29Z (over 4 years ago)
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  • According to the views cited in the Dirshu Mishna Brura<sup>1</sup>: **if one is praying without a minyan, there is no need to blow shofar.** It is (apparently) a custom for a community, not for individuals.
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  • <sup>1</sup> Dirshu Mishna Brura 1st edition, תקפא footnote 6, in the name of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, הליכות והנהגות, תשרי עמ' ג; Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, ציץ אליעזר חלק י"ב סי' מ"ח. See there for further discussion regarding "making up" these shofar blasts in shul at mincha time if they did not blow shofar in the morning. (Rav Elyashiv: no need. Rav Moshe Feinstein: yes.)
  • According to the views cited in the Dirshu Mishna Brura[^1]: **if one is praying without a minyan, there is no need to blow shofar.** It is (apparently) a custom for a community, not for individuals.
  • [^1]: Dirshu Mishna Brura 1st edition, תקפא footnote 6, in the name of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, הליכות והנהגות, תשרי עמ' ג; Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, ציץ אליעזר חלק י"ב סי' מ"ח. See there for further discussion regarding "making up" these shofar blasts in shul at mincha time if they did not blow shofar in the morning. (Rav Elyashiv: no need. Rav Moshe Feinstein: yes.)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar MTL‭ · 2020-07-01T16:08:24Z (over 4 years ago)
According to the views cited in the Dirshu Mishna Brura<sup>1</sup>: **if one is praying without a minyan, there is no need to blow shofar.** It is (apparently) a custom for a community, not for individuals. 

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<sup>1</sup> Dirshu Mishna Brura 1st edition, תקפא footnote 6, in the name of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, הליכות והנהגות, תשרי עמ' ג; Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, ציץ אליעזר חלק י"ב סי' מ"ח. See there for further discussion regarding "making up" these shofar blasts in shul at mincha time if they did not blow shofar in the morning. (Rav Elyashiv: no need. Rav Moshe Feinstein: yes.)