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Postcard
[88.26.5.3]: Das Schofarblasen am Neujahrsfest. le-shanah tovah.
Hertzliche Glückwünsche (The Shofar blow on the New Year. Happy New
Year. Heartfelt congratulations) (Frankfurt, Germany, postmarked 1902)
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No, this isn't made from the horn of a longhorn steer, which would not
be acceptable as a shofar. Were there, are there, sheep horns so long?
Or is this a case of artistic license to exaggerate
? Note how the horn's shape
is repeated in arms of chandelier.
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
;http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=7333
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