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‖ shofar Jewish ritual.|ˈʃəʊfə(r)|
Also shophar.
[Heb. shōphār.]
An ancient Hebrew musical instrument usually made of a curved ram's horn, still used in Jewish religious services.
1833Children's Mag. V. 113 The crooked trumpet, or shophar, was appointed by the Law of Moses to be blown..when the year of jubilee was proclaimed. 1864Engel Mus. Anc. Nat. 292 The Shophar is..the only Hebrew instrument which has been preserved to the present day in the religious services of the Jews. 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 5 May 11/1 The trumpet—or shophar, as it is technically called—is used in the Jewish ritual on certain festivals ‘to call the hearers to repentance’. 1891M. Friedlander Jewish Relig. 403 The shofar is intended to awaken us. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto i. vii, The minister refused to blow the Shofar three minutes too early. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 722/2 The blowing of the Shofar turns out to have been originally the imitation of the voice of the dying God. 1973Synagogue Light Sept. 41/2 Every morning at the conclusion of the service a blast of the shofar reminds us of the approaching Day of Judgment. |