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recent times, the shofar has been used
in Israel at the inauguration of each
new president.
For the Jew, the need to hear the
shofar can be extremely powerful.
Rabbi Eli Hecht tells the heartbreak-
ing story of how a rabbi risked his life
to sound a shofar in Auschwitz for
hundreds of doomed children
(www.sharnash.org/listarchives/
jewish-music/940831). And the
there's the story of how some
conversos, Spanish Jews who officially
converted to Christianity, were able to
listen to the shofar on Rosh Hashanah
without provoking the ire of the
Inquisition
(sephardiconnect.com/Rosh.htm).
I was impressed by a page created
by David Bar-Tzur who has tried to
represent the sounding of the shofar
for people who are deaf
(vvww.ritedu/—dabdis/jush/rh/
shofar.html). "The way I represent the
sounding of the shofar is to first fin-
gerspell the type of shofar blast that is
called out then sign "shofar," that is
the two S hands are held at the
mouth. For the tekiah, I bow my head
at the beginning of the blast and raise
it again as the blast ends."
Everyone knows that a shofar is
made from a ram's horn. But horns of
some other animals can also be made
into shofars Take a look at the horns
of an antelope, ibex, cow and oryx
and find out which ones are kosher.
(www.vjholidays.com/rosh/
shofkosh.htm).
Over at the Torahtots site, you can
find a Shofar-based puzzle and draw-
ings, which you can print out and
color
(www.torahtots.com/holidays/rosh/
roshclr.htm).
It's not quite like hearing it live but
there are many sites where you can lis-
ten to experts sound the shofar on the
net such as at 613.org
(www.613.org/roshyomkippursuc-
cot.html Berkeley's Judah L. Magnes
Museum (www.jfed.org/magnes/sho-
far.htm) and JCN
(www.jcn18.com/shof0001.htm).
If you've ever struggled in vain to
get a melodious tone out of shofar,
you may need an expert's advice. If
you're in the Boston area, a one-day
course is offered at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology on How to
Blow a Shofar
(web.mit.eduhap/www/search/
IAP-904.html). Sorry, you get no
credit for taking this course. Well, no
earthly credit. [7_1

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