I love hearing the shofar. As a child, I only remember hearing the Shofar on the High Holidays. Since coming to the Academy 4 years ago, the sound of the Shofar has taken on a new meaning. We have a beautifully moving ceremony for all new students the day they move on to campus. It involves having the flag of each country our new students represent carried by students from that respective country, student leaders carrying our Sifrei Torah into the room, parents blessing their children, etc. The last thing we do during that cermony is hear our Principal blow the shofar. The piercing sound of the shofar on that day is the Staff wake up call if we weren't paying attention already- our job has formally begun. We are now responsible for other people's children.
May the sound of this years shofar awaken in all of us a sense of newness and renewal, preparing us for a year of endless possibilites! Shanah Tovah.
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