Q. I see in the Luach that this coming Rosh Hashana is going to be on Shabbat, and there will be no Shofar blowing. Isn’t that uncommon and is it a bad omen for the next year?
A. On question 2852 regarding; “How often does Rosh Hashana fall on Shabbath, as it does on this year (5781-2020) and we don’t blow the shofar, it seems so unusual?
We answered: “Actually, during the last fifty years there were fifteen occasions when the first day of Rosh Hashana coincided with Shabbos, including the present year.
However, since the last one was 5770 (2009), it seems so remote and uncommon.
Minchas Oni mentions that when Rosh Hashana coincided with Shabbos historically we had the best years as the building of the Mishkan and the entry to Eretz Yisroel. However, also the worst as when the Eigel was made and the Churban occurred. And it depends on the keeping of Shabbos at that particular time.
Horav Y. Hirschman Shlit’a Horav Aharon Kotler zt’l that there is a good siman in the fact that the unusual changes are effective in confusing the ‘Soton. So he won’t be able to be an accuser against the Jewish people.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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