“The sound rises above, and then the higher shofar is awakened; mercy is awakened, and judgment is removed.” — Zohar, Emor 38:193

“On Rosh Hashanah, the more a person bends their mind and humbles themself, the better.” — Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 26b

“There are children who are great sages.” — Maharal of Prague, Derekh Chayyim 4:20

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Lead images: Girl blowing a shofar in the Old City, Jerusalem. Photo by Ethan Ableman (Flickr, Creative Commons), and photograph by Ri Ya / Pixabay

Other photograph: “Children blowing Shofars,” circa 1990, from the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest