30 September, 2008

Happy New Year

You don't have to be Jewish to decide to start your year over now, either.

But, does anyone belong to a synagogue which does not use a shofar made from an animal horn? I know it's not technically allowed to be done any other way, but that's a barbaric rule, in my opinion.

2 comments:

Pissedoffteacher said...

I never quite thought of it that way--I wonder if animals are hurt or if the horns are removed from animals that are already deceased.

Rachel Grynberg said...

Animals have to be killed to get their horns for the shofar. I think that often the animal is killed for something else -- but not necessarily. I really hated reading about it.