The Shofar Man was birthed during a trip to Israel in 1996.  This occurred when Jim and Carla Barbarossa visited the Holy Land.  While Jim and Carla were shopping in the City of Jerusalem, they heard a Shofar Sound and Jim purchased a Giant Yemenite Shofar to bring home.  To Jim's surprise, G-d spoke to him to blow the Shofar as He would lead him.  In October 1996, Carla had a dream that she was pregnant, and Jim was taking her to the hospital in a small car.  Jim reached under the seat and pulled out a Jumbo Yemenite Shofar and said, "I will blow this during the birthing process.  During that same month, Jim and Carla went to Africa with the Shofar in hand.  Jim blew the Shofar as G-d directed, and deliverances, healings, and miracles followed.  Since then, Jim has been Shofar blowing and  teaching nationally and internationally on the Ancient Hebrew Instrument of Praise, Worship, and Warfare the Jewish Shofar.  During these teachings, Jim was tagged with the nickname "The Shofar Man." 

Today, The Shofar Man is a retail and wholesale supplier of Yemenite Shofars, Rams Horn Shofars, gemsbock shofars, exotic shofars, twin shofars, anointing shofars, water buck shofars, roan antelope shofars, Texas dall shofars, oryx shofars, blesbok shofars, bushbuck shofars, eland shofars, impala shofars, sitatanga shofars, nyala shofars, pronghorn shofars, big horn sheep shofars, aoudad shofars and springbok shofars,  as well as Tallit (Prayer Shawl) and a full line of Judaica products.  All Shofar are imported directly from Israel, where Shofar are handcrafted to meet all Kosher  Rams horn Shofar standards. To buy Shofar keep in mind all Shofar sounds are not the same. Shofar Man exceptional sound Shofar have a very distinct, clear, crisp Shofar sound.  During January 2000, Jim wrote a book about Shofar Horns, Shofar Sounds, Shofar Blowing, Yemenite Shofar and Rams Horn Shofar called "The Ministry of the Shofar". The Shofar book is available in English and as El Shofar in Spanish.

The following are a couple of scripture references found in the book about the Shofar:

"And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance forever throughout your generations.  And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the L-rd your G-d; and ye shall be saved from your enemies."  (Numbers 10:8-9)

"And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and G-d answered him by a voice."  (Exodus 19:19)