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Shofar FlashMob Around The World (VIDEOS)

Shofar Flashmob

First Posted: 09/20/11 03:51 PM ET Updated: 11/20/11 05:12 AM ET

With one simple command -- Tekiah! -- came the shofar heard 'round the world.

On Sunday (Sept. 18), horn-blowing participants in 17 cities pulled off the first-ever "Shofar FlashMob," organized by Art Kibbutz New York, an international Jewish artist colony.

During Elul, the month of preparation before the Jewish High Holidays, Jews are called to teshuvah (repentance/reflection/return) before the new year, and the shofar is a daily wake-up call.

From Lincoln Center in Manhattan to Wrigley Field in Chicago and Ben Yehudah Street in Jerusalem, the flashmob took the Jewish practice of blowing a ram's horn to a new creative -- and spiritual -- level.

According to the Art Kibbutz:

Like all great art, the Shofar FlashMob became a text of infinite meaning, imparting insight and texture to the beholder and participant alike. There were myriad interpretations of what was taking place. No two experiences were quite alike.

WATCH videos from around the world of the Shofar FlashMob:

New York City:




San Francisco:




Chicago:




Budapest:




Jerusalem:




WATCH the Shofar FlashMob greeting card:

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With one simple command -- Tekiah! -- came the shofar heard 'round the world. On Sunday (Sept. 18), horn-blowing participants in 17 cities pulled off the first-ever "Shofar FlashMob," organized by...
With one simple command -- Tekiah! -- came the shofar heard 'round the world. On Sunday (Sept. 18), horn-blowing participants in 17 cities pulled off the first-ever "Shofar FlashMob," organized by...
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see-ellen2001
04:43 PM on 09/24/2011
How many shofar puns can one person take! :)
10:54 AM on 09/24/2011
Hearing Shofar

http://www.hearingshofar.com

Shofar Blog

http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com

http://ShofarCorps.com

Video "How to Play Shofar"

http://tinyurl.com/29qhh3g
09:59 AM on 09/24/2011
For full explanation of Shofar, its influence on prayer and its historical antecedents going back to the Temple sacrifices,
go to:

Hearing Shofar

http://www.hearingshofar.com

Shofar Blog

http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com

http://ShofarCorps.com

Video "How to Play Shofar"

http://tinyurl.com/29qhh3g
07:12 AM on 09/22/2011
so cool
12:49 PM on 09/21/2011
One hopes this shofar craze does not lead to the decimation of the African antelope, the Kudu, whose horns make the best shofars....hope this is not going to be the rhino horn of Judaism. I suggest polymer horns!
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Asmodean1
Truth is only true if based on facts.
01:01 AM on 09/23/2011
This ritual of the "rams" horn is from taurus the bull not lulu the antelope. Its based in bronze age myth. They didn;t except Jesus and the fish of pieces - and stuck with the ram.
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Judith Jaehn
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12:41 AM on 09/26/2011
I agree with you caprawalie!!!!!
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naschkatze
A free man creates himself.
12:31 PM on 09/21/2011
Sounds just like Happy New Year.
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see-ellen2001
09:42 PM on 09/20/2011
Very joyous, very cool.
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Rabbi Yonah
Runs Jewlicious
07:12 PM on 09/20/2011
This is a wonderful and unifying project - the world needs more projects like these. On the eve of UN World Peace Day - when a cease fire is supposed to be issued in all conflicts - we need more unity.
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gregory57
Micro-bio, was one of my favorite classes.
06:51 PM on 09/20/2011
I know how wealthy you Jews are, but do you have to rub it in our faces by having a holiday where you blow your Chauffeur? I suppose you're gonna need the day off for this.
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Rabbi Yonah
Runs Jewlicious
07:12 PM on 09/20/2011
I'm guessing you are being ironic :-)
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gregory57
Micro-bio, was one of my favorite classes.
07:18 PM on 09/20/2011
I'd settle for humorous, although I have been known to aspire to irony on occasion.
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Daveh88
SLTFATF
10:56 PM on 09/20/2011
Meh. Not a bad try, polish it up and try a again, though it does sound better when spoken than it does written down
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gregory57
Micro-bio, was one of my favorite classes.
02:28 PM on 09/21/2011
Thanks for the thoughtful and constructive criticism!
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CraigVale
04:21 PM on 09/20/2011
I watched the last video that took place in Jerusalem and I tell you it hurts my heart to know that while viewing the unrehearsed joy and the happiness of two little children dancing with obvious sole inserts made of happystuff, I wonder how long they have left to enjoy their childhood before they too are swept up the the political events of the day. Sadly the founding of Israel has resulted in a melancholy that afflicts the whole nation. Pure joy seems always just out of reach as politicians from both sides of this intractable conflict will never seek peace with their neighbors . I would have thought the adults would have seen this coming and did something to end what at any moment can turn such a joyus day into one that fills the streets with tears. Shalom for now, enjoy it while it's here.
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karen lyons kalmenson
i poem/paint, sometimes, i ain't
03:19 PM on 09/20/2011
shofar sho good;-D
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we-r-stardust
Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana
03:50 PM on 09/20/2011
and I thought the shofar just drove the limo ....;-)
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karen lyons kalmenson
i poem/paint, sometimes, i ain't
06:07 PM on 09/20/2011
sho near and yet shofar
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Queso Grande
People forget, but I don't forget.
01:36 PM on 09/24/2011
I practiced blowing the ram's horn for 30 years, and still had nothing to shofar it.
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karen lyons kalmenson
i poem/paint, sometimes, i ain't
10:11 AM on 09/25/2011
i guess ewe blew it;-D