The BHBE Sisterhood Gift Shop is open during Academy (Sundays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 pm), special events, and by appointment. To make an appointment, call Robin (847-287-1233) or Joan (847-602-2257).
SHOFAR, SO GOOD!
In time for Rosh Hashanah, the BHBE Judaica Gift Shop is featuring shofars. Their most important uses, as described in the Bible, were to intimidate the enemy, to declare war, and to call the populace to assembly. According to one tradition, on the first day of Elul, a month before Rosh Hashanah, Moses
climbed to the top of Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments for the second time. He blew the shofar as a reminder to his fellow Jews not to sin (not to build another golden calf). From that time on, the shofar, which until then had been blown only on the first day of Elul, was blown each day for the entire month of Elul to remind everyone that the Days of Awe are approaching and that people
must take stock of their lives and improve their conduct.
