What is a Kosher Shofar?

Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky

Wednesday, September 6, at 11:00 am Eastern, 6:00 pm Israel

The Torah calls Rosh Hashana "Yom Terusah". What should or may one use in order to produce that sound? Are there preferences? Did the Yemenites really use those long, curved shofars? We will discuss the historical, halachic, and biological background to shofars.