22 Friday, August 29, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Congregation Beth Achim is pleased to announce that it will conduct auxiliary High Holiday Services in its Social Hall and in the La Med Auditorium of the United Hebrew School's Rohlik Bldg. tickets are available at 21100 W. 12 Mile Rd. for further information or inquiries concerning membership and seating call the synagogue office 352-8670 SELICHOT SERVICES Saturday Night, August 30 win h( shown at Social flour, starting 10:00 p•ocedin Serviccs li(Inight. YEZKOIS FOR YOUR LOVED ONES THAT THEY SHALL BE REMEMBERED PLANT A TREE IN ISRAEL IN THEIR MEMORY This observance is an age- old, hallowed Jewish tradi- tion and it has become cus- tomary to plant trees in Israel to link forever the cherished memories of your dear ones. Phone MAIL OR PHONE YOUR ORDERS — WE WILL DO THE REST JEWISH 111---1111 • • • .f , I mmonin Fun 22100 Greenfield Rd. Oak Park. Mich. 48237 —968-0820 Custom of Sounding the Shofar The shofar is an animal's horn prepared for use as a musical instrument. To- gether with the reed, it is one of the earliest musical instruments known to man which is still in use. accord- ing- to the Encyclopaedia Judaica. It is mentioned 69 times in the Bible and fre- quently in talmudic and post-talmudic literature. The shofar is first men- tioned in Exodus 19:16 at the theophany on Sinai. It was used to proclaim the Ju- bilee Year and the procla- mation of "freedom throughout the land" (Lev. 25:9-101: the verse which is engraved upon the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. It was to he sounded on Rosh Has- hana. It was also used as an accompaniment to other musical instruments in processionals as a signal, as a clarion call to war, and in order to induce fear. When used in the Temple, the shofar was usually sounded in conjunction with the trumpet, the Encyclo- paedia Judaica reports. The Talmud states that the trumpet was made of silver while the processed horn of one of the five species of ani- mal — sheep, goat, moun- tain goat, antelope, and ga- zelle — was used to fulfill the ritual commandment of the sounding of the shofar. It further declares that the shofar should prefera- bly be made of a ram's or wild goat's horn, because they are curved. Tradi- tionally a ram's horn is sounded on those days be- cause of its connection with the sacrifice of Isaac, the story of which is the Torah reading for the sec- ond day of the festival. Conversely, a cow's horn may not be used because of the incident of the golden calf. The shofar may not be painted, though it can be guilded or carved with eftf Sitatetot eutc,te9-4ti6 rimum.m...m.11171..Y171.m....millimmTh is pleased to announce that memberships are now available for the year 5736. Join a Congregation dedicated to serving the needs of modern Jewry while maintaining roots in traditional Conservatism. — Join a membership family to know the warmth of involvement in the Religious, Educational and Social Experiences of today's Jewry. — Special new dues structure for young couples and senior citizens INDIVIDUAL TICKETS FOR THE H4GH HOLIDAYS will be available in the synagogue beginning Tuesday, Aug. 19, thru Thursday, Sept. 4 (except Aug. 31 and Sept. 1) Monday thru Thursday - 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Sundays - 9 a.m.-1 p.m. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Enroll your children now in the area's only INDEPENDENT SYN- AGOGUE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL - K thru 12th grade. Bar and Bat Mitzva training, graduation and Modern Hebrew Language Training. SPECIAL LOW SCHOOL TUITION RATES FOR MEMBERS For further information, please call 547-7970 RABBI DAVID A. NELSON CANTOR SAMUEL L. GREENBAUM MR. CYRIL SERVETTER, Director of Education CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 14601 West Lincoln Oak Park, Michigan artistic designs, so long as the mouthpiece remains natural. During,- the month of Elul the shofar is hlown from the second day of the new month to usher in the peni- tential season. There is a tradition that Moses as- cended Mount Sinai for the second time on Rosh Hodesh Elul and that the shofar was sounded so that the children of Israel might not he mi- sled. Thus, originally it was blown only on the first day of Rosh Hodesh Elul. Today it is sounded daily, except for the last day. throughout the month at morning serv- ice until Rosh Hashana is over, and once more on the Day of Atonement at the conclusion of thL- final serv- ice. This last, though, is a more recent custom. The shofar may be sounded only in the day- time. Women and children are exempt from the com- mandment to listen to it, but such is its place in the Rosh Hashana ritual that nearly all do. When Rosh Hashana occurs on the Sab- bath, the shofar is not blown, the traditional rea- son being "lest he carry it (the shofar) from one do- main to another (in violation of the Sabbath)." When the Temple was in existence it was sounded there even on the Sabbath, but not else- where. In modern times the sho- far is used at the inaugura- tion of a new president of Is- rael. During the Six-Day JWB to Conduct Health Institute NEW YORK — "The Physical Educator: Insuring the Quality of Life," is the theme of a national health and physical education in- stitute to be conducted by the Jewish Welfare Board, the Association of Jewish Community Centers, YM and YWHAs and camps in the U.S. and Canada, Sept. 8-11 at the Montreal YM and YWHA. The JWB institute is geared towards professional health and physical educa- tion workers in Jewish com- munity centers and YM and YWHAs, but is also open to center staff from all areas and members of center health and physical educa- . tion committees. More than 20 concep- tually linked sessions have been planned to integrate program .skills and profes- sional responsibility. Among the topics to be dealt with are family program- ming, the value and quali- ties of human life, aquatics and fitness, the woman in the physical education pro- gram, medical emergencies at the JCC, the health com- ponent in health and physi- cal education, and physical education for older adults. MICHAEL KAPLIT Photography , Weddings • Bar Mitzvas 642-1039 War in June 1967. the chief rabbi of the Israel army blew it at the Western Wall after its liberation by the Is- rael Defense Force, using the same shofar which he had sounded on Mt. Sinai in 1156. More and more in modern Israel. the Judaica concludes, the shofar has been used to mark various solemn occasions especially by the oriental communi- ties. Caricatures for your party By SAM FIELD Call 399-1320 CONGREGATION SHOMER ISRAEL Is Pleased to Announce That It Will Conduct HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES Forr.:::r United Hebrew Schools Building 18955 SCHAEFFER ROAD Singles — $15.00 — Couples — $25.00 Tickets Are Available at Yucht's Tailor Shop 13430 W. SEVEN MILE ROAD Lubavitcher Center Auxiliary HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES will once again be conducted at the Lessenger School (Albany near Scotia) SEATS ARE ONLY $20.00 For Ticket Reservation Call the Center at 548-2666 548-2667 Congregation Dovid Ben Nuchim 14800 Lincoln Rd. Oak Park Cordially Invites The entire Jewish community to the de- dication ceremony of it's new syn- agogue Sun. Aug. 31, 1975 SIFREI TORAH PROCESSION will begin at 5 p.m. Testimonial Banquet 6 p.m. Honoring Mr. & Mrs. Harry Rott in the new synagogue Guest speaker: Internationally Renowned Orator Hagoan Horav Borouch Sorotzkin, Rosh Hayeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva Rabbi Chaskel Grubner spiritual leader Charles Weiner Pres. COMMITTEE WILL BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN 6-8 P.M. SUN.-THURS.