10/02/2005

The Mango and the Shofar:

Many years ago we had a certain fine shofar blower for Rosh Hashana. On the second morning, he brought a brown paper bag to services along with his shofar and kittel. He seemed very pleased with himself. When it was time to blow shofar, before saying the second day shehechianu, he reached into the brown bag and pulled out a mango, which he stared at very deliberately and replaced in the bag.

He then proceeded with his shofar blowing, but those who had seen the mango had a hard time recovering their kavana.

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