This past Sunday, Rabbi Moshe Shonek, 8th grade Rebbe at YOSS, led a father-son/grandson shofar workshop. The program began with Rabbi Zev Davidowitz, Menahel HaMechina, expounding on the inyan of shofar, then Rabbi Shonek gave a shiur on Hilchos Shofar. Together they learned which animals are kosher for the mitzvah of shofar. Rabbi Shonek brought in horns from rams, kudus, gemsboks, cows and many other kosher animals that may or may not be used as a shofar. Rabbi Shonek, a professional Ba’al Tokea in his own right, demonstrated the different sounds each horn makes and how halach makes an impact of each sound or series of tekios. After his shiur, everyone went outside to make their own Shofar. Each boy received a raw horn, and together with their fathers and grandfathers, they cut, drilled, and sanded it, to create an actual usable shofar – all ready for tekias shofar!