Opening

You were revealed in Your cloud of glory to Your holy people to speak to them. From the heavens, You let them hear Your voice, and revealed Yourself to them in pure clouds. So too, the entire world quivered before You, and the works of creation trembled before You, when You, our King revealed Yourself upon Mount Sinai to teach Your people Torah and mitzvos.

You let them hear the majestic splendor of Your voice, and Your holy words from flames of fire; amidst thunder and lightning You revealed Yourself to them, and with the sound of a shofar, You appeared to them,

Shofarot in the Bible

Torah

as it is written in Your Torah: “And it was on the third day, as morning dawned there was thunder and lightning, and a dense cloud over the mountain, and the sound of a shofar was exceedingly loud; and all the people in the camp trembled.”

And it is said: “And the sound of the shofar became increasingly louder; Moshe spoke and God answered him by voice.”

And it is said: “And all the people saw the sounds and the flames, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain in smoke; and the people saw and were shaken, and stood from afar.”

Writings

And in Your holy words it is written: “God has ascended with a blast, Adonoy, with the sound of a shofar.”

And it is said: “With trumpets and the sound of a shofar raise your voices before the King, Adonoy.”

And it is said: “Blow a shofar on the New Moon, as the appointed time for our festive-day. For it is a statute for Yisrael, a day of judgment of the God of Yaakov.”

And it is said: “Praise God. Praise the Almighty in His Sanctuary Praise God in the firmament of His might. Praise Him for His mighty deeds, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. Praise Him with the blowing of a shofar, Praise Him with lyre and harp. Praise Him with drum and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute. Praise Him with resounding cymbals, Praise Him with clanging cymbals. Let every soul praise God, Praise God.”

Prophets

And by the hand of Your servants, the Prophets it is written: “All who inhabit the world of man and who dwell on earth— when the banner is raised on the mountains you will see it; and when a shofar will be sounded, you will hear it.”

And it is said: “And it will be on that day, that a great shofar will be sounded, and they will come— those who were lost in the land of Ashur, and those who were outcasts in the land of Mitzrayim, and they will prostrate themselves to Adonoy, on the holy mountain in Yerushalayim.”

And it is said: “And Adonoy will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and my Master, Adonoy, will sound the shofar and go forth in the whirlwinds of the south. Adonoy Tzevaos will protect them.”

So may You be a shield over Your people, Yisrael, with Your peace.

Shofar - The Voice of Gathering

Our God and God of our fathers, sound a great shofar for our liberty and raise a banner to gather our exiles. And bring near our scattered people from among the nations, and gather our dispersed from the ends of [the] earth.

Concluding Verse

Bring us to Tziyon, Your city, with joyous song,— to Yerushalayim, House of Your Sanctuary, with eternal joy. And there we will offer before You our obligatory sacrifices, as we were commanded in Your Torah, through the hands of Moshe, Your servant, from the mouth of Your glory, as it is said: “And on the day of your rejoicing, and on your appointed festivals, and on your Rosh Chodesh days, you will sound the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God; I am Adonoy, your God.”

For You hear the sound of shofar, and listen to the teruah; and there is none like You. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who hears the sound of the teruah of His people, Yisrael, with compassion.