I don't remember my school assemblies being boring. We had secular assemblies on Monday and Friday, with a talk by one of the more senior boys, and religious assemblies on Wednesday, which I never attended, having Jewish assembly instead. (We had about three Jews per year of 130-plus.)
One year, in the run-up to Rosh Hashana, they had one of the senior boys give a talk about Rosh Hashana in the Monday/Friday assembly. I got there late, which meant I didn't get a seat, and was stuck behind the First World War memorial organ, which meant I didn't see the shofar sitting beside him on the table, and was caught absolutely by surprise when he sounded it at the end. The sound, unexpected as well as in that unfamiliar environment, absolutely electrified me—the effect the shofar is supposed to have, but, really, the only time in my life it's had that effect for me.
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Date: 2009-02-10 09:40 pm (UTC)One year, in the run-up to Rosh Hashana, they had one of the senior boys give a talk about Rosh Hashana in the Monday/Friday assembly. I got there late, which meant I didn't get a seat, and was stuck behind the First World War memorial organ, which meant I didn't see the shofar sitting beside him on the table, and was caught absolutely by surprise when he sounded it at the end. The sound, unexpected as well as in that unfamiliar environment, absolutely electrified me—the effect the shofar is supposed to have, but, really, the only time in my life it's had that effect for me.