Blowing of the Shofar
A typical ritual of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar (a trumpet made from the horn of a kosher animal with the marrow removed). Although the Torah does not specify why we should blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, we are told that the sounding of the shofar is to awaken us and to reflect on our deeds, our surroundings and G-d. Below are photos from our archives showing the blowing of the shofar. May the coming year, 5785 bring all of us good health, peace and happiness.
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Members of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center Shofar Corps are, back row from left, Seth Seigel-Laddy, Danny Stolar, Stuart Alper, Sophie Goldberg, Miranda Alper, and Sima Alper. In front are Alyssa and Kayla Seigel-Laddy, Jonathan Marcus, Adam Alper, Chloe Goldberg, Risa Anczelowicz, and Melissa Gotlib. Sammy and Leah Flanzman and Zachary Shinkar are not pictured, Sept. 2010.
Seated are Leoni and Rolf Saloman who are visited by the Fair Lawn Jewish Center Shofar Corps. Standing left to right are Alyssa Seigel-Laddy, Melissa Gotlib, Miranda Alper, and Sophie Goldberg, Sept. 2010.
Who are these children who are learning about the shofar and where was this photo taken?
Adam Nudelman, an 8-year-old boy from Temple Beth Shalom Fair Lawn shown practicing blowing the shofar, Sept. 2000.