While I have heard similar teachings elsewhere, this version offers new insites (or insounds):
Each sound of the shofar is preceded and followed by a straight sound (tekiah). The tekiah that we blow initially, represents the sound of the shofar heard at the giving of Torah on Mt. Sinai. The second tekiah represents the blowing of the shofar that will herald the coming of Moshiach. The middle part - the broken sounds of the shevarim and truah - represents the present. The blowing of the shofar is to remind us that there are only two certainties: the Torah and final redemption. Life itself, however, is filled with uncertainties, disbelief and apprehension. Only if we keep sight of the two straight sounds, can we traverse the middle section, Life itself.RJB, Beth Jacob Voice, 20 September 1990
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