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Shofar "Then you
shall transmit a blast on the
horn; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, the day of
Yom Kippur, you shall have the horn sounded throughout the land..And
proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof." (Leviticus 25)
The Shofar, a well know symbol of
Rosh Hashanah,
is one of the earliest instruments used in Jewish music. Usually made
from a hollowed rams horn, a shofar can also be made from the horns of
other
animals, including those of a goat or sheep. It is the one musical
instrument that has not changed in over 5,000 years. There is no
mouthpiece, but the hole at the small end is used as a small cup with
the sound being generated by lip vibration This Shofar is made from
Resin, moulded from a real rams horn. Scroll
down to see a Shofar in actual use
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