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Ya'aqov Etzyon, in the article "משבירים ושוברים"( in the section entitled "לשבר את האוזן"), brings Rashi on Shemot 19:18, s.v. ha-Kivshan, which says:
הכבשן: של סיד, יכול ככבשן זה ולא יותר, תלמוד לומר (דברים ד יא) בוער באש עד לב השמים. ומה תלמוד לומר כבשן, לשבר את האוזן, מה שהיא יכולה לשמוע, נותן לבריות סימן הניכר להם. כיוצא בו (הושע יא י) כאריה ישאג, ...
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A partial answer to the first part only.
It seems that ululation is practised by Sephardic women.
In this article, it is connected to the Torah reading:
“Sephardic women, primarily those from Syria, Iran, and Iraq, make an
ululating sound after the Torah honoree (especially a bar mitzvah or
bridegroom) has concluded the final blessing or has ...
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Dan's answer covered the "how are those blasts calculated?" part of your question; I'll do the other part, "Do we actually hear 100 or are there extra?".
We actually hear 100: 30 initially, 30 in the silent sh'mone esre (nusach S'farad and nusach Ari), 30 in the repetition of the sh'mone esre, and 40 (nusach Ashk'naz) or 10 (nusach S'farad and nusach Ari) ...
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The mishna in Berakhot 2:3 records the following dispute between Rabbi Yosei and the tana qama:
הקורא את שמע ולא השמיע לאזנו - יצא. רבי יוסי אומר: לא יצא
My translation:
One who reads the Shema' but not so that his ear hears it has fulfilled
his obligation. Rabbi Yosei says, he has not fulfilled his obligation.
The gemara (Berakhot 15a) ...
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See Remah 124:11, who says that as long as one knows which blessing is being answered, even if he does not hear the blessing at all he can say Amen. The same thing is for Kaddish, Kedusha, and Baruchu.
(I always assumed that the flag system is Alexandria was a complex flag signaling system that not only told the congregation when to answer, but also what ...
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I think that this site http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/746659/jewish/Why-do-we-blow-the-shofar-so-many-times.htm sums up the computation -- what is important to remember is that a tri-blast like what we call a shevarim is considered "one unit" in the computation as is the truah which is often 9 staccato bursts -- one unit when ...
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