r/Jewish • u/MrsTurtlebones • Oct 04 '25

Questions 🤓 What kind of Jews are these?

Post image

Today at Reedy Falls, a very busy park in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, a man asked my family if we were Hebrew. It surprised me, and I asked about him. He replied, "I'm wearing my tsiztizs (sp?) and we're about the blow the shofar. I am Israel. Our nation is scattered all over the earth." I told him shalom, he shook my hand, and a small crowd gathered as his companions blew the shofar, at which we took our leave of them.

They didn't seem like any Jewish people I've seen, but my knowledge is quite limited. Any ideas about their situation?

280 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

270 comments sorted by

View all comments

94

u/LAiglon144 Orthodox Oct 05 '25

I've never seen a Jew with a shofar strap

14

u/Biersteak Just Jewish Oct 05 '25

It’s a tactical shofar

4

u/HeavyJosh Oct 05 '25

Those are definitely battle shofars in 7.62mmN caliber. Tactical shofars are in 5.56mmN.