At the start of Rosh Ha'shanah (Jewish New Year) I wrote "Blowin' That Crazy Horn" with links that explained this High Holidays custom. I came across this story on Aish.com, and thought it was a nice way to build on that earlier piece:

"Before he showed me the shoes, he recounted how his old cloth "Yom Kippur shoes" -- leather footwear is forbidden on the Jewish Day of Atonement -- had grown uncomfortable. These new "shofar shoes," however, he explained, were much better."

The what?!? Read it and see.