Reply To: Rosh HaShana thoughts:

Last year i had the following thought.

a Shofar is a horn on an animal. The horn was taken off the animal, went through a thorough cleansing and purifying process, and is now a Kli Mitzvah, a sacred and holy object used for Avodas Hashem. Perhaps that process of the Shofar, can symbolize and inspire US to do teshuvah.

We must first “break away” from our animalistic side, the Yetzer Horah. Then cleanse and purify ourselves from the bad habits of Cheit, improve our actions, thoughts, and words. Then, finally, after this teshuvah process, Hashem is moichel us and we become heilig and tohor.