Who is not moved by the sound of the shofar blast? But what exactly is a shofar? Are there different kinds? When and how has the shofar been used?

Jews wordwide will hear the shofar sounds in synagogues and makeshift prayer centers. What will they hear? Do the different blasts indicate anything special?

In this section:

• Echo Through Time
  A little horn with a long reach, the shofar's reverbrating sounds were to penetrate the soul of the Jewish people throughout the centuries.
  
• Laws and Customs
  The time of shofar blowing is serene and solemn. Our thoughts wander... Yet we need to concentrate.
  
• Is This Shofar Kosher?
  Would you use any horn for a shofar? Check out these animals!
  
• "The Shofar" by I. L. Peretz. A shofar is more than just the "beating of drums..." Sometimes it even fights the Satan!

  
  

• Soul Music A Poem about Shofar