shofar: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	shofrot • shophroth • shophar • shofroth

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Judaism: shofar and tallit

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Blowing the shofar during a Rosh Hashana celebration

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Yom Kippur: shofar blowing

Two Jewish men wearing yarmulkes and tallitot, one blowing a shofar and the other holding a prayer book, praying during Rosh Hashana in Uman, Ukraine.

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Rosh Hashanah aliyah menorah Shema genizah pidyon ha-ben shewbread etrog tashlik ark bimah