What is Yom Teruah? Yom means day and Teruah means a sounding blast to the shofar or trumpet.

Yom Teruah/Day of Blowing or Day of Blowing the Shofar or trumpet is an Appointed Time commanded by Elohim.

When is Yom Teruah? The first day of the seventh month of Elohim’s biblical calendar.

Leviticus 23:23-25 “ADONAI spoke to Moses saying: 24 “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a Shabbat rest, a memorial of blowing (shofarot),[e] a holy convocation. 25 You are to do no regular work, and you are to present an offering made by fire to ADONAI.” TLV

Numbers 29:1 “On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a sacred assembly. You are to do no laborious work. It is for you a day for sounding the shofar.” CJB

The word of Elohim tells us that His commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God—that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” CJB

During the years rabbis have come up with the following traditions on how to blow the shofar:

Tekia: Sounding with a long loud blasting noise.

Teruah: Sounding with nine short consecutive blasts.

Shevarim: Sounding of three broken sounds

Tekia Gedola: Sounding long lasting sound.

However, when we investigate the word of Elohim; it only mentions TERUAH or a loud alarm sound. Leviticus 23:24 says in Hebrew TERUAH. Numbers 29:1 says Teruah. The commandment then is to blow, or great shout, or Teruah.

When we investigate the word Teruah then is to blow an alarm and joyful sound most likely with the shofar/trumpets.

We are to rest as a Shabbat rest, don’t work, congregate, hold the day as a memorial or remembrance and sound the alarm. Remember what? The Sound. Exodus 19:6.

Don’t get deceived and caught up with technicalities. Sound the alarm of the Shofar and get to know the sound and the voice of Elohim. Yeshua is soon returning.