[Avodah] Shofar blowing

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re:  Why <<final kolot sounded in the middle of kaddish 
rather than before or after?>>

I suppose I could say that the kolot are always after 
kaddish.  That is because what we call chatzi kaddish is 
actually the entire original kaddish.

After our prayers in shmoneh esrei we add at the end of 
kaddish a request titkabal tz'loton.  Peace is always 
important and before going out from shul into the world we 
think of it even more, we add a prayer for peace in both 
Aramaic and Hebrew.  After learning, we add to kaddish a 
prayer for the teachers and learners.

BTW, in my shul where I do not blow during the silent amidah 
of mussaf (usually called shmoneh esrei), we complete the 
customary 100 kolot by blowing 30 at titkabal and another 
ten after aleinu.


k"t and hag sukkot sameach,

David