Israel : Charity Stamp : Shofar Horn.

Any information for my album?
What instrument is the gentleman playing?

A Shofar, something like a horn.....but only something like !

Rod,

The Shofar (the horn) is used during the Jewish New Year and also on Yom Kippur - the 10th day in the Jewish calendar - in which Jews fast and pray for redemption. The sound of the Shofar is used in the ceremonies as a metaphor for the prayers of the believers and symbolizes the uniqueness of that specific moment in which God listens to their prayers and forgive their sins.

More on WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shofar

The Hebrew inscription on your charity stamp says: "A year of Redemption and Salvation" and also a quote from the Old Testament (Book of Isaiah Chapter 27 verse 13) "...that day , that the great trumpet (in Hebrew: Shofar)shall be blown..."

This quote talks about the future recognition of the empires which conquered the land of Judea and destroyed it in God and explains your cinderella stamps very well.
Obviously it was printed in the USA before the state of Israel was born (It states Jerusalem, Palestine on the inscription and not Jerusalem, Israel as we would write today) and it shows a praying man who asks for salvation. It quotes a biblical verse which talks about recognition of the nations in the Jewish God. All this to say the stamps were printed to reflect the national Jewish sentiment and the longing for a modern independent Jewish state.

I hope - that wasn't too long....

Thanks Seahorse,
My response..............

Rod,

I'm flattered and honoured

Rod is still waiting for the New Year !

Nice page, nice write up, nice explanation Seahorse.

Londonbus1

Same organization as referenced on this old time Charity Stamp:

http://www.historama.com/online-his.../0130789.jpg

You spotted that, the Bus's timetable is infallible

wt1
I could not access that *.jpg

Don't want to get into religious politics, but the Hebrew phrase (accurately translated by Seahorse) more likely reflects a longing for the Messiah! The traditionally, that is what the phrase is question has been interpreted to refer to, the day of the Messiah and his reign, and given the rather orthodox nature of the organization, it is likely referring to that (of course, some think the State of Israel IS the Redemption)

As an aside, it was probably printed (and distributed) in the US of A, hence the Lower East Side (NYC) address by the American arm of an Israeli charity, not an Israeli stamps per say.

Granted, but printed for Israel,
I think it is under it's correct Heading
but not in the right forum.
My mistake.

Here's the image you couldn't access in my earlier post. Not very attractive (compared to yours) but I was just searching for other "stamps" produced by the same organization and came up with this one:



It is said to be circa-1940's.

BTW, that organization is still around, in the same location. I used to see their sign when I would go visit my grand mother on the NYC Lower East Side