Thousands attended the Yom Kippur Ne’ilah service and shofar blowing at Hostages’ Square. As the fast ended, they sang Hatikvah following the shofar’s call. Credit: Paulina Patimer | Bring Them Home Now

The sound of the shofar signifies the deep meaning of Jewish holidays and celebrations, especially for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But it also marks the end of the seven week period between Passover and the giving of the Torah in this season of Shavout! Did you know the first sentence many Jewish children are encouraged to learn is: “Torah was commanded to us through Moses and it is the inheritance of every Jew?" When Israeli Robert Aumann won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2005, he attribute