Eric Rudolph hid in the North Carolina wilderness for years after he bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a gay nightclub, and two ...

Bruno Alexsander Assis Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell of Temple Israel kicked off the service by blowing the shofar horn (a Jewish tradition) to symbolize the call for community.

The shofar — from the Hebrew word for a ram’s horn, which is sounded at services on the Jewish High Holy Days, this year in October — is an alarm clock for the soul, awakening anyone who really ...

The semi-musical horn, one of the oldest instruments in the world, is used by Jews to celebrate the New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which began at sundown Wednesday and ends Friday, and on Yom ...

Ram's horns are a reminder of the sacrificial animal provided to Abraham at Mt. Moriah in Genesis 22; it took the place of Abraham's son, Isaac, on the altar there.

So you can’t make a shofar from cows.” Throughout the tour, Slifkin likes visitors to touch and feel the horns and will often place one in the visitor’s hand.

Additionally, the horns of the markhor (a type of wild goat) form a spiral so flat and twisted that it is very difficult to make into a shofar. Typically, Yemenite Jews use a shofar made from a ...

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.

Ravi Shah, 5, practices blowing a shofar, an instrument traditionally made out of sheep or ram horn, during a demonstration Wednesday at the Santa Fe Jewish Center. A kickoff event for the kids ...

Students worked together to fashion a shofar from a goat horn, and then got to try it out. “It’s not easy,” said Shwaitser, who found she couldn’t get sound out of it.

In the Mishnah, shofar can similarly mean a sort of container that was narrow on top and wide on the bottom, like the shape of a horn (see Shekalim 2:1, 6:1, 6:5, and Maimonides’ commentary).

The designated shofar-blower needs a kosher horn, meaning it has no cracks or holes and no added materials such as glue or paint. It must have the right shape and mouthpiece for the individual ...