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THE
SHOFAR CORPS!
ELUL
IS HERE,
AND SHOFAR CORPS IS A BLAST!
We invite you to participate in Shofar Corps visits! You do not have to be an expert, just be willing to share the joyful noise of the Shofar, support our group and help open the hearts of those unable to attend High Holiday services. Please join us:
Friday, September 7th at 7:00 p.m. - meet by the social hall prior to Shabbat service. Michael Chusid's final class in Shofar blowing at Makom prior to Rosh Hashanah!
This Sunday, September 9th at 5:00 p.m. - Bridgeport, 220 North Clark Drive, Beverly Hills, North of Burton Way, West of Robertson. (310-860-9234.)
Second day Rosh Hashanah, Friday, September 14th at 9:00 a.m. sharp, immediately next door to St. Paul's - Seasons at Encino, the assisted living facility on Lindley Avenue just across the parking lot; prior to the start of our services at 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul's. We invite the religious school and Shofar blowers of all ages!
Sunday, September 16th, Jewish Home for the Aging - Grancell Village Campus. Meet outside of the synagogue at 7150 Tampa Avenue (Sherman Way) at 2:30 p.m.
Tekiyah:
____________ (1 short blast)
Shevarim:
___ ___ ___ (3 short blasts)
Teruah:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (9 short staccato blasts)
Tekiyah Gedolah: ______________________ (1 long powerful blast)
Blessings before blowing Shofar:
- Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha'Olam, shehechiyanu v'kiyamanu v'higianu la'z man ha'zeh.
- Baruch atah Adonai Elohaynu Melech Ha'olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav vitzivanu l'shemoah kol shofar.
You are also welcome to blow Shofar at Makom's High Holiday services. Visit www.makom.org for all of the details about service locations and times.
Please
call 818-989-3410 to RSVP and to volunteer for any Shofar Corps
outreach visits or to get more information.
Reprinted from the Valley News Group
New Shofar Corps brings ancient Jewish trumpet call to those who cannot go to worship
Makom Ohr Shalom synagogue builds on innovative programs to Renew the ancient Shofar ritual
Tarzana – As Americans modernize religious worship to make it new and relevant, we often look to old traditions for guidance. One ancient ritual has marked Jewish High Holy Days every year for more than five thousand years: the distinctive sound of the shofar blast. A shofar is a ram’s horn that has been carved into a trumpet.
Makom Ohr Shalom synagogue has updated the shofar rituals at High Holy Days in ways that connect innovation with ancient tradition. Beginning last year, the congregation has assembled one hundred shofar blowers at High Holy Days, sounding one hundred rams’ horns in unison. “Soul-stirring, shouts of jubilation, tears of joy, healing, a unique spectacle – that’s what people who attended the Hundred Shofarot project at Makom’s High Holy Day services still talk about nearly a year later,” says Michael Chusid, the congregation’s shofar Master Blaster, who also teaches at the University of Judaism.
This year, Chusid and the newly-formed Shofar Corps at Makom Ohr Shalom are building on the program’s success by also taking the ancient shofar experience into the community to sound shofar for those confined in hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, or in their homes.
Makom’s Rabbi Debra Orenstein says, “Turning the shofar ritual into a shared community experience is valuable.” Rabbi Orenstein is a noted author, lecturer, and seventh generation rabbi.
To request the Shofar Corps’ free service or learn about Makom’s High Holy Day programs, call Makom Ohr Shalom at (818) 725-7600.
