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Small Shofar.by Lark In The Morning
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Features
- Made of a rams horn.
Product Description
Ceremonial Ram's Horn - Trumpet Of The Hebrews The Shofar is the ritual instrument of the ancient and modern Hebrews, the only Hebrew cultural instrument to have survived until now. Of martial origin, the shofar was a priestly instrument in Biblical times. According to the Mishna, two different forms of shofar were used in the Temple. One made of ibex horn, its bell ornamented with gold, was sounded at New Year and during the Yovel Days. The other one, made of ram's horn, with silver ornamentation, was sounded on fast days.Reviews
HauntingHear ye the sound of the shofar, the loud, clear blast, oh my people.
These words precede the blowing of the shofar on the high holidays of Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur, when the shofar is blown, calling all the Jewish people to renew their covenant with God and to do good deeds.
This is not a simple musical instrument, but one imbued with great religious overtones that have helped to sustain the Jewish people for more than 3,000 years.
It is no doubt for that reason that the Arab populace of Jerusalem in the 1920s and 30s sought to impose laws preventing the Jewish people from blowing this horn at the most sacred Jewish site, the Western Wall of the Second Temple, in Jerusalem. To those laws, the Palestinian Authority constitution seeks to return the governance of the Western Wall--and indeed all of Jerusalem and Israel--the Islamic laws that subjugate, tax, and otherwise oppress all non-Muslims under Islamic rule.
Each shofar is of course unique, and produces notes slightly different than the rest. Yet the song of the shofar is always recognizable as such. Quite simply, the horns produce one of the most haunting blasts ever heard.
--Alyssa A. Lappen