A shofar believed to have been hidden in a German beer cellar during World War II was discovered in Haifa. The 200-year-old shofar was recently found in the warehouse of Haifa’s Gordon College, whose former deputy director had served as a rabbi with Allied forces fighting the Nazis, Ma’ariv reported Wednesday.
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