The shofar is a musical horn, typically made of a ram's horn. It is perhaps the oldest and most primitive wind instrument, and its sound is simple and plaintive.

They marked, they measured and then sawed with all their might. Soon, a group of youngsters under the supervision of Michael Albukerk, director of youth services for Tzivos Hashem Jewish Children&#… ...

Shofar makers, however, don’t just sit around in the off-season; they’re constantly busy collecting raw horns, cleaning them and making them into the ancient musical instruments.

The Shofar’s Horn. Columns; Lashon Hakodesh - Rabbi Reuven Klein; The Shofar’s Horn. By. Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein - 26 Elul 5782 – September 21, 2022. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

Jodi Rosen’s three-year-old son Michael also made a shofar from a real ram’s horn. “He has tried to blow through it, but he hasn’t been able to make a sound yet,” said Rosen, 38, of ...

In front of Ahavas Chesed Synagogue in west Mobile, there is a 16-foot-long sculpture of a shofar — the ram’s horn blown in Biblical times like to herald the new moon or a jubilee year, ...

Stages in the making of a shofar. Every horn in each shipment is inspected at the factory for cracks or holes. Only about 30 percent meet the conditions to be kosher shofars, according to Barsheshet.

The shofar player, or baal tekiah, is tasked with hitting 100 notes to rouse spirits on Rosh Hashanah, issuing a call for unity and personal growth in the coming year, Freedman said.

Shofar making in Israel Today, Keinan says he is one of just three shofar makers in Israel , and the only one open to the general public for tours and workshops.

Chabad of Delaware hosted area school children last week to learn about how to create a shofar. The semi-musical horn, one of the oldest instruments in the world, is used by Jews to celebrate the ...

CHILDREN are usually taught not to blow their own horn. But at the Shofar Factory, they are encouraged to do it. Making new year horn a blast for Hebrew students – Winnipeg Free Press ...