We got lucky.
Morah Tammy's husband came to our class and showed us many sizes and textured Shofars that come from the head of various animals.
We learned how to blow a shofar and we heard the many sounds it makes.
What is a shofar?
It is a horn of an animal. (Except a cow)
The PreK Friends learned that the Shofar in our class comes from the horn of a ram, a male sheep.
It gets cut off from the animal, gets cleaned inside of muscle and bone, then drilled through to make a complete opening, the tip gets cut off from where the shofar is blown, and lastly before the shofar is taken to a home or shul, it gets sanded since horns are normally rough on the outside.
Do you know what the horn feels like? A fingernail. Do you think it hurts the animal when it gets cut off from its head? No. Just like it doesnt hurt to cut our nails, it also doesnt hurt the animal when we cut off its horn.
PreK wants to wish all our families and friends a healthy, happy, and sweet New Year. :)
May all our prayers be answered at the right time.
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