Yeshivish glossary term
shofar
שופר
Meaning
- ram’s horn used for ritual blasts
- Rosh Hashanah ritual horn
Usage and context
Most strongly associated with the mitzvah of hearing shofar on Rosh Hashanah.
- Category
- Rosh Hashanah
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
Did you hear shofar?
Plain-English example
Did you hear the ram’s-horn blasts required on Rosh Hashanah?