The blowing of the ram’s horn, a core practice associated with the upcoming Jewish new year, is considered a risk for spreading the coronavirus. AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The shofar should only be ...

During Rosh Hashanah, we spend a lot of time in the synagogue. One of the rituals there is the blowing of the shofar horn. It's a ram's horn and it's one of the world's oldest-known wind instruments.

In this time, Jews often blow the shofar, a trumpet fashioned from a ram’s horn, to end morning services and recite Psalm 27 ...

It is marked at the start by the blowing of the shofar (a ram’s horn trumpet) and signalling the start of the ten days of penitence, prayer and introspection culminating in Yom Kippur.

During Rosh Hashanah, we spend a lot of time in the synagogue. One of the rituals there is the blowing of the shofar horn. It's a ram's horn and it's one of the world's oldest-known wind instruments.