shofar
Ritual ram's horn
A shofar is a ram's horn blown as a trumpet in Jewish religious ceremonies, most notably during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The sound—a series of blasts ranging from short staccato bursts to long sustained notes—calls worshippers to reflection and repentance.
The shofar sounded at the close of Yom Kippur.
Jewish calendar's start
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
High Holy Days · repentance · atonement · prayer · cantor · bimah · congregation · mitzvah
Sudden forceful burst
- callContact by phone
- summonsFormal court notification
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
announcement · proclamation · warning · alert · sounding · piercing · clarion · rallying
Sudden forceful burst
Adult male sheep
- kuduSpiral-horned African antelope
- antelopeSwift horned grazer
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- hollowEmpty within
keratin · polished · mouthpiece · bell · natural · unadorned · kosher · spiral
First Hebrew patriarch
- IsaacHebrew patriarch name
- bindingLegally or morally required
- Mount SinaiBiblical mountain of law
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
Jericho · walls · Jubilee · Israelites · Moses · covenant · temple · prophets
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish calendar's start
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
rabbi · High Holy Days · repentance · atonement · prayer · cantor · bimah · congregation · mitzvah · liturgy
blast
Sudden forceful burst
awakening · announcement · proclamation · warning · alert · sounding · piercing · clarion · rallying · assembly
blast
Sudden forceful burst
piercing · resonant · plaintive · haunting · echoing · primal · breath
ram
Adult male sheep
hollow · keratin · polished · mouthpiece · bell · natural · unadorned · kosher · spiral · tapered
Abraham
First Hebrew patriarch
- IsaacHebrew patriarch name
- bindingLegally or morally required
- Mount SinaiBiblical mountain of law
revelation · Jericho · walls · Jubilee · Israelites · Moses · covenant · temple · prophets · Joshua
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- JewishTorah, Shabbat, kosher, rabbi, synagogue
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- hornsFrench horn, bugle, cornet, hunting horn, post horn
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
shofarbrass instrument
Metal wind instrument
trumpet · French horn · trombone · tuba · synthesizer
shofarchurch bell
Bronze ringer in steeple
church organ · singing bowl · gong · conch shell · didgeridoo
shofarcar horn
Vehicle's audible warning
air horn · foghorn · factory whistle · alarm clock · doorbell