an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
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Even Ben's parents got involved, with his father blowing a spiraled shofar horn.
From the timesunion.com
During the sound of the shofar, we focus on that simple yet powerful inner sound.
From the tennessean.com
They blew the shofar on Rosh Hashanah in September 2006, which fell on a Shabbat.
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The shofar is made of a ram's horn and is blown at the start of Rosh Hashanah.
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Shlomo Goren also entered the Dome of the Rock with a Torah book and a shofar.
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He's proud of the shofar, a gift from a Hasidic Jewish group he addressed last year.
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Zachary Newman reacts to a cloven hoof as he learns about making a shofar.
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Nico Satryan, a junior at Winchester-Thurston Academy, sounded the shofar.
From the post-gazette.com
After the last shofar closing the day, the Break-the-Fast is even tastier.
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- An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
- For the Shofar Organization, see Amnon Yitzhak.
- Ram's horn sounded on Rosh HaShanah.
- Ram's horn used by Jews for liturgical purposes.
- Rams horn, blown on the Jewish New Year. The blowing of the shofar will herald the coming of the messiah.
- A horn blown on ROSH-HA-SHANAH; see Ch. 43.
- A ram's horn that is sounded during services for the High Holy Days
- Ram's horn, blown like a bugle on holidays
- A ram's horn used as a wind instrument, sounded in biblical times as a signal, and in modern times at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
