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1. Shira Kline Jewish Music for Kids says:
   September 5th, 2007 at 9:58 am

   [...] September 3, 2007 at 2:37 pm · Filed under Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Holidays * The Shofar is a musical instrument that hasn’t changed in over 5000 years. * The first mention of the Shofar is in the biblical story of the Akeda, the binding of Isaac. Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his son. * The shofar is blown 100 times on Rosh Hashanah. * “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumbling down!” Joshua had 7 priests with 7 ram’s horns circle the city walls for 7 days and then they blasted the Shofar. And the walls came tumbling down. * Thousands of years ago, a Shofar was sounded to annouce the beginning of Shabbat. * A Shofar must be at least 4 inches long. * The average length of a Shofar is about 15 inches. * It’s a mitzvah to hear the Shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. * A Shofar should be made from the horn of a Kosher animal that chews it’s cud and has cloven hoofs. * Shofarot are commonly made from the horn of a goat, ram, sheep, antelope, and gazelle. * A Shofar cannot be made from the horn of the cow, in deference to the incident of the Golden Calf (Exodus 32). * The Ashkenazi Jewish community commonly uses a curved horn while the Sephardi commonly use a spiral shaped horn. Check out http://www.shofarshop.com/ for all of your Shofar needs! Click here for a Shofar vocabulary and coloring page! [...]

2. Shira Kline Jewish Music for Kids says:
   September 5th, 2007 at 9:58 am

   [...] September 3, 2007 at 2:37 pm · Filed under Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Holidays * The Shofar is a musical instrument that hasn’t changed in over 5000 years. * The first mention of the Shofar is in the biblical story of the Akeda, the binding of Isaac. Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his son. * The shofar is blown 100 times on Rosh Hashanah. * “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumbling down!” Joshua had 7 priests with 7 ram’s horns circle the city walls for 7 days and then they blasted the Shofar. And the walls came tumbling down. * Thousands of years ago, a Shofar was sounded to annouce the beginning of Shabbat. * A Shofar must be at least 4 inches long. * The average length of a Shofar is about 15 inches. * It’s a mitzvah to hear the Shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. * A Shofar should be made from the horn of a Kosher animal that chews it’s cud and has cloven hoofs. * Shofarot are commonly made from the horn of a goat, ram, sheep, antelope, and gazelle. * A Shofar cannot be made from the horn of the cow, in deference to the incident of the Golden Calf (Exodus 32). * The Ashkenazi Jewish community commonly uses a curved horn while the Sephardi commonly use a spiral shaped horn. Check out http://www.shofarshop.com/ for all of your Shofar needs! Click here for a Shofar vocabulary and coloring page! [...]

3. Feast of Trumpets & Yom Kippur Colouring In Pages - The Climbing Tree says:
   September 15th, 2014 at 11:08 am

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