Crossword clues for shofar
shofar
- Yom Kippur horn
- Rabbi's instrument
- Synagogue instrument
- 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
- Ram's horn in Jewish rituals
- Horn made from a ram's horn
- Ceremonial ram's horn
- Rosh Hashanah horn
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ram's horn blown on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, 1833, from Hebrew shophar "ram's horn," related to Arabic sawafiru "ram's horns," Akkadian shapparu "wild goat."
Wiktionary
n. (context Judaism English) A ram’s-horn trumpet
WordNet
Wikipedia
A shofar (pron. , from , ) is an ancient musical horn made of ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes. Like the modern bugle, the shofar lacks pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure. The shofar is blown in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and at the very end of Yom Kippur, and is also blown every weekday morning in the month of Elul running up to Rosh Hashanah. Shofars come in a variety of sizes and shapes, depending on the choice of animal and level of finish.
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Purdue University Press on behalf of the University's Jewish Studies Program. Shofar publishes original, scholarly work and reviews a wide range of recent books in Judaica.
Usage examples of "shofar".
An orchestra of shofars and cymbals and drums set up a noisy anthem to add to the din.
Why not drums and fifes, or bugles or shofars or what have you, if a noisy greeting is needed?
An orchestra of shofars and cymbals and drums set up a noisy anthem to add to the din.