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inscribed in the Book of Life. If they
do not deserve well, they are
inscribed in the Book of Death."
• The shofar is blown every morn-
ing but one (not including Shabbat)
during the month of Elul, in prepara-
tion for Rosh Hashanah. The excep-
tion? The day before the New Year
begins, which is skipped to make
clear the difference between blow-
ing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah,
which is a mitzvah (commandment),
and blowing it throughout Elul,
which is tradition only.
• The shofar may be made of
the horn of any animal except the
cow, because of its connection to
the golden calf. If you want to try
making your own, you might want
I to start with that of a ram,
gazelle, goat, antelope or Rocky
Mountain goat. These are easiest
to use because their centers are
I made of cartilage, which is sim-
i pler to remove than solid bone.
Why are most shofarim made of
I a ram's horn? Because of the ram
sacrificed in place of Isaac,
whose story we read on the sec-
: and day of Rosh Hashanah.
• A number of families have the
Rosh Hashanah tradition of enjoy-
ing a specially shaped challah.
Sometimes, this is round, to symbol-
I ize a crown, recalling God the
I King.
Other times, it is shaped like a
ladder. This is because of Jacob's
famous dream (in Genesis 28:10-
' 22), in which a ladder connected
I heaven and earth (so, too, on this
I day do we hope in our lives to
see the two united). It also harkens
I back to the Rosh Hashanah
!prayers of "who will be made
poor and who will be made rich."
We hope that God will raise our
spirits and our lives.
• If you want to hear the sound of
the shofar, but can't make it out of
the house, just get on the Internet.
Sponsored by the Jewish Outreach
Institute, the following site allows
you to both hear the shofar and

learn all about it. Visit

(www.icn 1 8.com/shof000l .htm).

• Tradition teaches that God
made Adam and Eve on Rosh
Hashanah. Other famous biblical
events that happened on this day:
Abraham and Jacob were born;
the Jews stopped their slave labor
in Egypt as the Ten Plagues were
to begin; God declared that
Sarah, Rachel and Hannah, all of
whom were unable to become
pregnant, would bear children;
and after 12 years of incarcera-
tion, Joseph was freed from an
Egyptian prison.
• On Rosh Hashanah, Ashke-
nazim offer the greeting: May
you be inscribed (in the Book of
Life) for a good year." Sephardim,
however, say: "May you be
inscribed for a good year; may
you be worthy of abundant
years."
• Some families literally "throw
away" their sins by writing them
on small bits of paper and tossing
them into the water. This is called
tashlich, and it was inspired by
the Prophet Micah, who said in
Micah 7:19: "And Thou will cast
all their sins into the depths of the
sea." Some also note that, like
God, water's most famous inhabi-
tants (fish) never close their eyes.
Tashlich may be performed at a
lake, river or even a well, wherev-
er there is running water.
• The day immediately following
Rosh Hashanah is Tzom Gedali-
ah. This is one of the year's four
fasts that begin at sunrise and
ends at sundown. It commemo-
rates the murder of Gedaliah ben
Achikam, governor of Israel in the
time of King Nebuchadnezzar of
Babylonia. A rival king ordered
the assassination of Gedaliah.
Hired for the job was Yishmael
ben Netaniah, a Jew.
In their decision to institute a fast
day in his memory, the rabbis
said, "the death of the righteous is
likened to the burning of the house
of God." El

