[shoh-fer; Seph. Heb. shaw-fahr; Ashk. Heb. shoh-fuh
r, shoh-fahr] 
[Seph. -frawt; Ashk. -frohs, -frohs] , Judaism. | a ram's horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. |
| sho·far (shō'fär', -fər) n. pl. sho·fars or sho·froth (shō-frōt', -frōs') Judaism A trumpet made of a ram's horn, blown by the ancient Hebrews during religious ceremonies and as a signal in battle, now sounded in the synagogue during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur. [Hebrew šôpār, ram's horn, shofar; akin to Akkadian sappāru, šappāru, fallow deer, and sappartu, tip of an animal's horn, from Sumerian šegbar, fallow deer.] |
