A worker in a factory shows a ram skull before crafting a shofar, a religious musical instrument, in Tel Aviv on Monday September 22, 2014 ahead of Rosh Hashana -- the Jewish New Year.
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A worker in a factory shows a ram skull before crafting a shofar, a religious musical instrument, in Tel Aviv on Monday September 22, 2014 ahead of Rosh Hashana -- the Jewish New Year.
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man tests a shofar before buying it at a factory in Tel Aviv.
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man tests a shofar before buying it at a factory in Tel Aviv.
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Eli Ribak starts grinding a raw ram's horn in the first stage of turning it into a shofar.
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Eli Ribak starts grinding a raw ram's horn in the first stage of turning it into a shofar.
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Sacks of various animal horns fill Ribak's shofar factory. There are horns from African antelope, rams and buffalo.
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Sacks of various animal horns fill Ribak's shofar factory. There are horns from African antelope, rams and buffalo.
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These Yemenite shofars are made from antelope horns. Ribak describes them as the most beautiful.
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These Yemenite shofars are made from antelope horns. Ribak describes them as the most beautiful.
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Jewish men perform the Selichot prayer at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem late on September 23, 2014 in the lead up to Rosh Hashana.
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Jewish men perform the Selichot prayer at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem late on September 23, 2014 in the lead up to Rosh Hashana.
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The Dome of the Rock mosque can be seen behind the Western Wall.
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The Dome of the Rock mosque can be seen behind the Western Wall.
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