Shalom all,
Yahweh has helped us to praise Him and scatter His enemies even though we have not been able to afford a shofar from a ram. My dear Yochanan blew one of our PVC shofars on shabbat and we were asked to share how to make them. Although they vary just as the natural ones do, here are some general instructions. Just remember to focus on Yahweh when you go to make them and have fun 8-D
1. PVC pipe comes in very large pieces usually 10 feet in length so you will have to cut it down. Take one piece of 1/2" PVC about 15" in length. We like to san the pieces down so as to make them absent of the printed writing on them and to smoothe out the ends to make it easier to blow.
2. Take another piece of smaller diameter PVC (we suggest 3/8") approximately 10" in length and put either a connector between the 2 pieces or special swelling glue used for plumbing between the 2 pieces. Let them dry throughly. It is a good idea to glue the connector in place if you choose to use that instead.
3. You can leave them white or paint and decorate them to your own preference.
4. Blow and glorify Yahweh!!!
We hope this blesses the body and we hope you are blessed in glorifying our Father. May Yahweh bless you all and shalom to all of your homes.
In His love and shalom
Yochanan and Tahar

Shalom Tahar.
Would you explain to me the different sounds to make and their meanings ?
I have 3 shofars that I ordered from Israel and the one I blow is 54 inches long. It is from a Ram I believe.
It took me forever it seemed to remove the smell before I could use it, but now I blow the shofar, but I don't know how the proper way or the different sounds to make. Is there any thing in scriptures anywhere that says how many times to blow it on different Sabbaths, New Moons, feasts ?
I would like to know how to do this properly.
Right now as it stands, when I blow the shofar, the sound I am making, gets the attention of my sheep and goats, and they all come as close to the house as they can. lol Thanks for the help.

Shalom, I am watching with great interest as to how this thread will develope. There are places in the TORAH that tell us how to blow for calling of the east or the west, for battle.
I am totally amazed at the concept of using pvc, for this... I can only say, I will need to pray on this for an answer from YHWH. We are in need of a shofar.

perhaps this is a slight stray, from your blessing post, if so please forgive.
In our home, we do not choose to yell for our children, so we blow a wistle for them to come... our sons asked that they each have their own sound, so they know who is being called. I beleive blowing the shofar should be simular to this, in theory, in meaning, each son has a particular number of whistle blows, and a certain nimber of blows,= drop everything and all come.

the battle of Jerico had simular distinctions on how many blows, some are shorter sounds, some are longer sounds. I do not remember the verses off the top of my noggin, as YHWH leads perhaps He will choose for me to study this more, if so May YHWH lead me back here to re post to this thread.
Shalom,
remnant@praiseyahweh.com

Shalom everyone,

I'm not saying it is wrong to make shofars from pvc pipe or other man made materials, but the Hebrews used the horns of kosher animals instead of gold, silver, brass, wood, etc.

Yah's blessings,
Tommy Lee

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[This message has been edited by exodus (edited 10-01-2007).]

Yes, I am sure we know that shofars have traditionally made with the horns of kosher animals, although silver trumpets are blown for some festivals. I think that it came about that they used animal horns for shofars because that's what they had in abundance, in times of old, and it was surely easier to utilize the natural acoustic abilities of the hollow horns than to try and cast or carve something else. Now we can manufacture them out of all sorts of materials. I think the point was to make a loud racket to call people to attention and convey a message long distances.

I have blown my PVC 'shofar' at the sighting of the new moons, and it is just a four foot section of 3/4" pipe, nothing special. I am looking into purchasing a well-crafted shofar from 'shofarsrus' at some point, but I can't imagine that it is 'wrong' to use modern, neutral (parve?) materials for shofars.

Shalom everyone,

I stand corrected. My apologies to everyone.

Yah's blessings,
Tommy Lee



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I found online many places that offer synthentic shofars at almost 1/4 the price of the natural ones. Here is a quick link to Amazon so you can see what they look like.

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=11973061


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Shalom,
AdoniYah
www.hopeville.net/AdoniYah

You said nothing amiss! Don't apologize, your's was a legitimate concern to voice...but in this case 'the way it was always done' doesn't seem to mean it needs to be done in the same manner, today.

Horns can harbor all sorts of diseases, and need to be properly sterilized and sealed. No worry with synthetics.

I am a purist at heart, and as stated above, I am looking to purchase real horn shofar, kudu or gemsbok, but when all I have is a bit of leftover plumbing line at my disposal, I will have fun using it, until I have the 'real deal'.