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Article: ROSH HASHANA: THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION CENTERS ON THE HOME.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 13, 1996
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Byline: GREG BURT, CORRESPONDENT
STANDING IN HIS family room with a ram's horn to his lips and cheeks inflated, Austin Siegel, a recently bar mitzvahed, curly haired 13-year-old, bellowed out a low blast ending with a little squeak.
His parents, younger brother and sister, watching the demonstration from the nearby couch, roared with laughter. Austin smiled, too.
``Don't worry, he isn't the official shofar player,'' Austin's father, Gary, said.
The shofar, a ram's horn, is only played in the synagogue on special holidays like Rosh Hashana, which today marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. ``You always look forward to the horn,'' ...