shofar

Definitions

A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.

Judaism

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Examples

“Thaddeus the fluteplayer had, it seems, found a ram’s horn or shofar, and he was blowing this not in the normal manner of an angry summons but so as to produce⟳ a melody of four notes, like⟳ a camp call⟳ to dinner or parade.”

““This is one of those times in the history of our country and the world, where we are being presented with a wake⟳ up call⟳ — the blast of the shofar — to challenge⟳ ourselves, to ask⟳, ‘What are we doing? What can we do?’ And know⟳ that we can do so much,” said Harris.”

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