The Shofar as Eliciting Divine Mercy

Leviticus Rabbah 29:3

5th–7th Century

Judah bar Naḥmani in the name of R. Simeon ben Lakish expounded: God [Elohim] ascends amid acclamation; the Lord [Yhwh] to the blasts of the shofar (Psalm 47:6). When the Holy One ascends to sit on the throne of judgment on the New Year, he ascends in order to judge, as it is written: God ascends amid acclamation. And when [the people of] Israel…