6074 – Don’t Blow It Off???
Question
Q. Sorry one more question. Does the minhag to blow Shofar during Elul only apply when davening with a minyan and not if one is davening by oneself?
Answer
A. Teshuvot Tzitz Eliezer 12:48, Piskei Teshuvot 581: 3 write that there's no minhag to have to blow shofar if someone is davening without a minyan. Nitei Gavriel 4:9 writes that the Lubavitcher Rebbe would blow even when davening by himself.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting, Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a
Reviewed by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: August 30, 2026
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