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)