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A shofar (/ ʃoʊˈfɑːr / [ 1 ]shoh-FAR; from שׁוֹפָר , pronounced [ʃoˈfar] ⓘ) is an ancient musical horn typically made of a ram 's horn, used for Jewish ritual purposes. Like the modern bugle, the shofar lacks pitch -altering devices, with all pitch control done by varying the player's embouchure.
A shofar is a ram’s horn that is blown like a trumpet during Rosh Hashanah services, every day except Shabbat during the preceding month of Elul, and at the end of Yom Kippur. The four sounds of the shofar — tekiah, shevarim, teruah, and tekiah gedolah — remind many people of a crying voice .
Many animals have horns, made of keratin, which can be hollowed out by removing the bone and tissue found inside. When the tips of the horns are either removed or drilled through, a sound can be produced.
A shofar is a trumpet made from the horn of a kosher animal with the marrow removed. The central mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) is to hear the shofar being blown—often in synagogue, ideally as part of the prayer service.
The shofar, which is a ram’s horn, reminds us of the ram that Abraham offered as a sacrifice in place of his son Isaac. It thus reminds us of the heroic faith of the fathers of our people who exemplified to us the highest devotion to God, of which man is capable.
The blowing of the shofar (Hebrew: תקיעת שופר, Hebrew pronunciation: [t(e)kiˈ(ʔ)at ʃoˈfaʁ]) is a ritual performed by Jews on Rosh Hashanah. The shofar is a musical horn, typically made of a ram's horn. Jewish law requires that the shofar be blown 30 times on each day of Rosh Hashanah, and by custom it is blown 100 or 101 times on ...
The Fanfare display includes two types of shofar: ram's-horn shofars (above right) are used by Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities; the larger, curled instrument (above left) is made from the horn of a kudu antelope and is used by Yemenite Jews.
