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,

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.

On this day, the world came into being;

On this day, He makes stand in judgment—

all the creatures of the worlds—

whether as children, or as servants;

if as children, have compassion on us

as a father has compassion on his children!

If as servants,

our eyes are fixed on You

until You favor us,

and bring forth our judgment as the light,

Revered and Holy One!

May the utterance of our lips

be pleasing unto You,

Almighty, Most High and Uplifted,

Who understands, and gives ear,

Who perceives and listens

to the sound of our shofar blast,

and accept with compassion and desire

the order of our prayers

concerning the shofar.