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• n  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

• The ancient Hebrews decreed that a warning blast should be sounded on the shofar to mark the third case of an infectious disease in a community, but diphtheria rated a shofar .
• Example: the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashanahto remind God of Abraham's offering of his son Isaac and.
• Public shofar-blowing in Jerusalem is forbidden by law, for it infuriates Arabs, incites to riot.

• shophar

News & Articles

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• Women of the Wall, shielded by police, raises Torah scroll and blows shofar
  Women of the Wall blew a shofar at the back of the Western Wall Plaza and raised a Torah scroll at the plaza’s gate under a heavy police barricade.
  Aug. 7, 2013 - The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
• Women Blow Shofar and Raise Torah Scroll at Western Wall Prayer Protest
  Women of the Wall blew a shofar at the back of the Western Wall Plaza and raised a Torah scroll at the plaza’s gate as they completed their service under a heavy police barricade. Click here for the rest of the article...
  Aug. 7, 2013 - The Forward

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in ABC News
  The people in every community across this land join our campaign and I like to think that they are sounding that Shofar and to rouse this nation out of its slumber and to compel us to confront our challenges and ensure a better path,Obama...
• Naomi Shemer in Huffington Post (blog)
  After the war, Shemer added a verse to her song, depicting the return to Jerusalem: "We have returned to the cisterns / To the market and to the market-place / A shofar calls out on the Temple Mount / In the Old City."