A shofar (/ʃoʊˈfɑːr/ shoh-FAR; from שׁוֹפָר, pronounced [ʃoˈfaʁ] ) is an ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious...
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Rosh Hashanah (section Shofar blowing)
humanity's role in God's world. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram's horn), as prescribed in the Torah, following the prescription...
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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Purdue University Press on behalf of...
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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...
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of the Shofar is a Jewish self-help and self-awareness organization. Call of the Shofar or Kol Shofar may also refer to: The Call of the Shofar and Other...
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Call of the Shofar was an organization based in Baltimore, US, focusing on personal and relational transformation. Call of the Shofar offers workshops...
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Congregation Kol Shofar is a Conservative synagogue founded in 1962 and located in Tiburon, Marin County, California, in the United States. The congregation...
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communities, Psalms 27 is added at the end of morning and evening prayers. The shofar (ram's horn) is blown at the end of morning services on weekdays, and in...
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tradition of hearing shofar on Elul, plus meditations on the sound of shofar for each day of the month, can be found at The Shofar of Elul Jewels of Elul:...
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communities it is called shofar mehuppach, "reversed horn", either because of the above reason, or because it faces the other way from shofar holekh (munakh)....
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Unetanneh Tokef, which is recited on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: A great shofar will be blown, and a small still voice will be heard. The angels will make...
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since the early 1990s. Through 'Shofar', Yitzhak has launched two widely distributed weekly newspapers, Arba Kanfot and Shofar News geared to the Haredi public...
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the shofar at the Kotel Katan. The police arrested the boy and seized his shofar. They let him go after three hours of questioning, keeping the shofar. He...
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recorder rubab salamiyyah sarangi (Indian) sarangi (Nepali) sasando shehnai shofar sinfonia sitar smallpipes snare drum sopilka spilåpipa steel guitar steelpan...
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1971, Vision and intent in Zionist Thought, pp. 10, 11 "Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the banner to gather our exiles and gather us together...
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describe the long hundred of six score or 120. There are 100 blasts of the Shofar heard in the service of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. A religious Jew...
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American author Shai Afsai published an article in the academic triannual Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies asserting that the stories...
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their stores. The third shofar blow told the people of the city that it was time to light the shabbos candles. The last shofar blows told the people that...
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description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of...
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Sprachen: '... in einem Stockwerk des innern babylonischen Turmes. ..'". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 23 (4). West Lafayette...
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or "Day of Remembrance", and Yom Teruah, or "Day of the Sounding of the Shofar"). Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year (literally, "head of the year")...
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Zablon Simintov زابلون سیمینتوف Simintov holding a Shofar in March 2005 Born 1959 (age 64–65) Herat, Kingdom of Afghanistan Nationality Israeli Other names...
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Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers Shema Amidah...
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Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers Shema Amidah...
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Stephen (2009). "The Antisemitic Origin of Michelangelo's Horned Moses". Shofar. 27 (4): 95–106. ISSN 0882-8539. JSTOR 42944790. Enstad, Johannes Due (2023)...
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specific mitzvah from the Torah should not be performed, e. g., blowing the shofar on Shabbat, or taking the lulav and etrog on Shabbat. These examples of...
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conclusion of Yom Kippur, young Jews persistently flouted the shofar ban each year and blew the shofar resulting in their arrest and prosecution. They were usually...
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a natural trumpet and, according to some authorities, can be used as a shofar. Gemsbok are found in arid and semi-arid bushlands in southwestern Africa...
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