A Shofar lesson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6iNXRVN-WE
hooooooo-oooooonk!
Shofar, sho good!
Are you serious?
Nah, they’ll throw briskets at them!
This piece is not very enlightening regarding the reason for doing this. I know little about Judaism, so maybe I am just being dense.
In the original article it says that the blowing of the shofar is “a call for teshuvah (repentance)”. But isn’t it always? There is no mention of why it was done in large numbers except so that the artist could use the vids in an “electronic greeting card”.
I was hoping for an explanation that was somewhat more elevated or, at least, hinted at some sort of call for Jews to unite against the worldwide attacks against them.
What am I missing?
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For full explanation of Shofar, its influence on prayer and its historical antecedents going back to the Temple sacrifices,
go to:
Hearing Shofar
Shofar Blog
http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com
At least it’s not a flash bris.