Rabbi Shawn Ruby lives in Zikhron Yaakov with his wife Tammy. They have 3 grown children, Eliana, Kay and Noam. Ruby has passed the יורה יורה exams of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and is in the process of completing ordination by Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati in Maale Gilboa, where he was a member of the Kollel from 2012 to 2018. In his day job, he is co-CEO of Ruby Cherry EDA, an electronic design automation consulting firm.
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September 19, 2022
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Rosh Hashanah in the Torah is described as a day of teruah, a reference to one of the two types of blasts: a regular horn blast (tekiah) and a teruah blast. Interpreters ancient and modern understand the distinction as differing in sound, length, or pitch, but the biblical description of the shofar blowing during the siege of Jericho implies that the nature of a teruah lies in the people’s response to the blast.
Rosh Hashanah in the Torah is described as a day of teruah, a reference to one of the two types of blasts: a regular horn blast (tekiah) and a teruah blast. Interpreters ancient and modern understand the distinction as differing in sound, length, or pitch, but the biblical description of the shofar blowing during the siege of Jericho implies that the nature of a teruah lies in the people’s response to the blast.
