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Sep 18, 2025 • 8 min read

blast off

Why DO we blow the shofar at Rosh Hashana? Oryx shofar! Pronghorn shofar! Water buffalo shofar??! MORE!

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
blast off
Black and white photo of two early elementary-aged kids blowing shofarot, evidently from the St. Paul, MN JCC. This photo is public domain but these little scamps should be all grown up and floating around somewhere, so if you know or are one, hi!
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