Originally published in the Forward September 6, 2002. To adapt the famous categorization of Claude Levi-Strauss, if such wind instruments as clarinets and cornets are “cooked,” the shofar is ...

Traditionally during Judaism’s High Holidays, the sound of a ram’s horn, or shofar, is heard in Jewish homes and houses of worship. Leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the Chabad Jewish ...

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