http://shirlala.com/activities-for-home-and-classroom/click-here-for-high-holiday-activities-shofar-coloring-page Outrageously Hip Jewish Kiddie Rock Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://shirlala.com/activities-for-home-and-classroom/click-here-for-high-holiday-activities-shofar-coloring-page#comment-30808 Feast of Trumpets & Yom Kippur Colouring In Pages - The Climbing Tree Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:08:32 +0000 http://shirlalacom.setupmyblog.com/archives/127#comment-30808 […] Shofar from Blog Sameach […]

]]> http://shirlala.com/activities-for-home-and-classroom/click-here-for-high-holiday-activities-shofar-coloring-page#comment-1264 Shira Kline Jewish Music for Kids Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:58:09 +0000 http://shirlalacom.setupmyblog.com/archives/127#comment-1264 [...] 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! [...]

]]> http://shirlala.com/activities-for-home-and-classroom/click-here-for-high-holiday-activities-shofar-coloring-page#comment-1466 Shira Kline Jewish Music for Kids Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:58:09 +0000 http://shirlalacom.setupmyblog.com/archives/127#comment-1466 [...] 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! [...]

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