What Is a Shofar? | My Jewish Learning

🔔 What is the shofar and why do we blow it on Rosh Hashanah? The shofar is one of the oldest Jewish instruments —usually made from a ram’s horn— and its blasts are central to the High Holidays. What do the different sounds mean? And what does blowing the shofar symbolize on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? In this episode of Jewish Basics, Explained, we break down the history, purpose, and meaning of the shofar—why it’s blown 100 times on Rosh Hashanah, and what each blast represents. Disclaimer: