Largest Shofar Ensemble

Shofar is a horn of a ram used for Jewish religious purposes. The shofar is extensively   blowed   during synagogue services. Shofar is often mentioned in the Hebrew Bible too. And the one we are going to talk about can be nothing short of celebrations.

About 1406 excited students, staff, family members and friends of Associated Hebrew schools gathered in the parking lot of Kamin Campus to blow shofars that they had made it themselves. They all made up for the noisy atmosphere which was contributed   by their musical pieces. The previous world record for the largest shofar ensemble counted to 796 participants during an event organized by Lappin Foundation at Phillip’s beach in Massachusetts.

Eric Golombek  the principal, Posluns Campus told that  to break a world record was a kind of hook  but more can be attributed to opportunity  that they got to teach the meaning of shofar. The students had spent  months on end preparing for the record in which they learned to make the shofar, blow it and also understood the religious significance of it.

Mark Smiley the director of Associated Hebrew schools said that the importance of the shofar is that it marks the beginning of the year. Smiley added that they were waking themselves to do something good to not only themselves but to the entire world. The effort was on behalf  of all the children of the community.

The Largest Shofar ensemble counted to 1406 students and was set by Associated Hebrew Schools at Toronto, Canada on October 4, 2011.