http://www.thegreatshofar.com/blog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.thegreatshofar.com/blog/2010/02/to-pack-a-shofar/ http://www.thegreatshofar.com/blog/2010/02/to-pack-a-shofar/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:07:15 +0000 Michal http://www.thegreatshofar.com/blog/?p=131 We re-use cardboard boxes to ship our Shofars.  A Shofar is quite a resilient product.  We still don’t want it to be rattling around on it’s journey from Israel to your home.  So we’ve come up with a pretty good solution.  Each Shofar has a tailored recycled box.  Our local corner store has a recycling bin for cardboard boxes.  Our 6 year old son Dovi likes to climb in and find the nice big boxes and toss them out.  Then the real fun begins.  The box is opened and measured to fit the chosen Shofar.  Then it’s folded and taped to become your Shofar’s shipping box.   The Shofar invoice is printed up, signed by yours truly, folded and popped inside.  Most of the boxes are pretty standard rectangular boxes.  I’ve found though, that the 45″ Kudu Shofar fits best in a triangular box.   It took me a while to get the hang of making a triangular box (think toblerone chocolate bars) but I’ve almost got it down to a science now.  The Shofar shipping label is affixed and after a trip to the local post man the journey begins.  So when you receive your Shofar you may see an advertisement for the popular Israeli Kids snack Bamba on the inside of the box.  You’ve played a part in recycling in the Holy Land and received your Shofar safe and sound.  Enjoy!

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