- Q. If we are starting a new minyan, should we blow the shofar from the first day Rosh Chodesh Elul? The minhag in this part of town is split.
A. Horav Yaakov Hirschman Shlit’a opinion is that since adding an extra day for beginning to blow the shofar is not a prohibition, whatever will create and maintain Sholom Bais and avoid a dispute should be the primary and most important task to be followed.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a