Blowing the Shofar on the Eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul | Sheilot

Blowing the Shofar on the Eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul

Question

Is there any problem with blowing the Shofar on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul?

Answer

Shalom!
There is no problem with this at all.

Answered 16 August 2023 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

The reason not to blow the Shofar on the eve of Rosh Hashanah is to distinguish between the obligatory Shofar blasts of Rosh Hashanah and the customary blasts of the month of Elul. This does not apply here.

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