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SHOFAR, SCHOFAR

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 995 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHOFAR, SCHOFAR or SHOFER, the ancient ram's horn
trumpet
  of the Hebrews, sometimes also translated cornet in the
English
  Bible. The shofar consisted of a natural horn turned up at the bell end, and, having a short conical bore of very large calibre, it would be capable of producing at most the fundamental
octave
  and twelfth. The shofar has continued in use in the Jewish
synagogue
  until the present day, being blown with
great
  solemnity once every year at the impressive service held on the Day of Atonement. The shofar was more generally used by the Israelites than the other horn Keren, and although figuring largely as a
signal
 
instrument
  in battle, and used for rousing the
people
  against the foe, it can hardly be regarded as a military
instrument
 , but rather as the token of God's presence in their midst, to give them the victory as in the case of Joshua and
Gideon
 . It was the shofar that was used to
call
  the
people
  together on a solemn feast day (Ps. lxxxi. 3). (K. S.)


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