Why Don’t We Blow the Shofar When Rosh Hashanah Falls on Shabbat?
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
Explore the Talmudic debate over why the shofar is not blown on Shabbat, the special status of Jerusalem and the Beit Hamikdash, and the deeper lesson of why preserving Shabbat can take precedence even over the precious mitzvah of shofar. The discussion also explains why Rosh Hashanah is observed for two days and how its calendar rules shape the entire Jewish year.