The evening began with Havdallah.

At 11:30 pm, students started coming, enjoying hot coffee and tea, and cake and cookies. There were flyers and pamphlets of upcoming events, and "membership" cards to get on the mailing list.

Mike Boxer worked very hard on producing his shofar.

Jeremy took a turn at the drill.

And Mike squeaked out his first sounds.

Tom hacked away at his shofar, trying to find that elusive spot where the hollow area starts.

Suzzanne then had a turn at the patented Chabad House drill press.

Here's some who watched the demonstration.

Starting at 1:00 am, the special Selichot prayers, said the week before Rosh Hashana.