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Let’s take a look at the Bracha.

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Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

Maybe we should back up…

Bracha Overview:

Thisbrachais the

10thbracha in the

amidah

This bracha is in the

shevach section

In this bracha we are

asking Hashem to

unite the Jewish

people.

This bracha comes

after

and before

Okay, so now that we understand the

background of this bracha, lets look

at the words.

How does this bracha fit in with

its surrounding brachot?

In a way, this bracha serves as a bridge between two sets of brachot. It is the connection between the brachot before, about individual needs,and the brachot after, about communal needs. This bracha, however, is the perfect bridge between the two. It asks Hashem for unite the Jewish people, a transition between personal requests and national ones. KibbutzGaluyot is also the 10thbracha-balancing to be the perfect center of all the bakashabrachot.

Said by Rabbi ElieMunk

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,

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,

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Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered

people, Israel.

Shofar- say what?

The bracha speaks about blowing a shofar. But there is

so much that is unclear! Which shofar? Who blows it?

HasiddurHaMefusharexplains that the Mashiach is the

one to blow the shofar. The Mashiach even owns this

shofar. This implies that our bracha is referring to a time

when mashiachcomes.

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,

.

Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

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The bracha uses two very similar terms to describe the

Jewish unity. What's the difference between

and ? Kontres explains that the first word

describes freeing the Jews from their servitude of exile.

however, describes the physical gathering

of the Jewish people, and returning to EretzYisrael.

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,

.

Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

Kontres: AvodatHaTefilla interprets this as “give a sign.”

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Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

Repetitive much?

The bracha says , “and unite us together.” Doesn’t that seem repetitive? The word “V’kabetzenu” implies that we will be “yachad!” Why do we need both? Here is our answer: “V’kabetzenu” is the physical gathering of the Jewish people. We will be together in Israel, among each other. “Yachad,” however, is the spiritual gathering. The Jews will not only be in proximity of one another, but they will be mentally yachad, together. We will not argue or fight, but be united and as one. This bracha is not only asking Hashem to gather us, but to unite us so we don’t argue or fight.

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,

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Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered

people, Israel.

What are and how come

nobody told me the world had

corners?

The Weekday Siddur asks: How can the bracha say Kanaph? Is this implying that the world is flat or square? No, in Yishayahu, it says that the world is round. So what does Kanaph mean and why did the siddur use this word in particular? There are so many other words for corner, like Pinah! Kanaphprobably doesn’t mean corner. Yisachar Jacobson explains that Kanaph means that the object is streching out. Hashem is trying trying to say that the Jews will come from everywhere, almolst like the kubbutzgaluyot will strechall over the world.

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Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

Closing of the bracha

At the end of the bracha, we recognize Hashem as the

gatherer of his scattered nation. We describe ourselves as

“Hashem’s scattered people.” It is important that we

remember however comfortable we may be in Scarsdale,

Riverdale, or Teaneck, we are still in galut. We aren’t where

we are supposed to be. We are away from home, in a dark

time. We are waiting for The Mashiach to come and rescue

us from our exile.

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.

Sound the great shofar

for our freedom,

And raise a banner to

gather our exiles,

And unite us together

from the four corners

of the earth.

Blessed are you

LORD, who gathers

His scattered people,

Israel.

ElieMunk, and other mefarshim, tell us that

NidcheiYisrael is referring to the ten lost tribes of Israel.

THE END!