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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black'>Today we begin
to sound the shofar (some began yesterday) each morning after shacharis every
day, culminating with Rosh Hashana. I see an analogy with a snooze alarm clock.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black'>As soon as the
alarm clock goes off, many people press the snooze button to get another few
minutes of sleep. A similar idea exists with the shofar during this month. Elul
is like the snooze button. We get thirty extra minutes of sleep this month
(each day is another snooze). But then, we finally have to wake up on Rosh
Hashanah.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black'>A guten chodesh.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>Richard Wolberg</span></font></p>
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