Re: Shofars: buy or make?



"Tim Meushaw" <meushaw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
> On 2005-09-30, Ken Bloom <kbloom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Omega wrote:
> >> To make a shofar, all you need is an animal horn
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > I knew there was going to be a hard part to these instructions.
>
> What, you don't have animal horns scattered all around just waiting
> to be boiled and drilled?

We've got a field full of sheep next door, but I think the shephard would be
too happy if snuck in and sawed a horn of one of them.

> Our problem in my neighborhood is the only
> animals we have running around are deer, but their horns would make a
> crappy shofar, I suspect. They do make a rather startling "thump" sound
> when they bounce off the hood of your car when you're driving to
> Shacharit, but "thump" hardly equals "tooooooooooooooooooooooot".

No you'd need:

Thuuuuuuuuuuuump, thuuuump, thuuuump, thuuuump, thmp, thmp, thmp, thmp,
thmp, thmp, thmp, thmp, thmp, thuuuuuuuuuuuump.

Which might require backing up a few times.


Fiona



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