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Before the Word: Beethoven, the Shofar, and the Living Melody

The shofar does not teach what we never knew. It awakens what we have allowed ourselves to forget. Every generation sings the same nusach in prayer, yet no generation sings it in exactly the same way. It becomes a living thing.

Before the Word: Beethoven, the Shofar, and the Living Melody

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