Abraham Shofar

A natural ram's horn embellished with sterling silver filigree bands custom-made to fit the curves of the horn in the most harmonious way. It measures 12" by 7".

Stamped with Yemini triangle emblem, Yemini logo stamp, Sterling 925, ירושלים

"פותח את שערי שמיים"

Rabbi Saadia Gaon compiled a list of ten reasons for this special mitzvah:

1. On Rosh Hashanah we coronate G-d as King of the world. The shofar’s trumpeting call heralds this exciting event.
2. Its piercing wail serves to awaken slumbering souls that have grown complacent.
3. It evokes the shofar blasts that were heard when G-d descended on Mount Sinai and gave us the Torah.
4. It echoes the cries of the prophets who urged Israel to mend their ways and return to G-d and His commandments.
5. It reminds us of the war cries of our enemies as they broke into the Temple in Jerusalem and destroyed it.
6. Made of a ram’s horn, the shofar recalls the near-sacrifice of Isaac, who was saved when G-d showed Abraham a ram to bring as an offering in his stead.
7. Its loud piercing sound humbles us and fills us with awe before G-d.
8. It foreshadows the day of judgment at the end of days, which the prophet describes as “a day of shofar and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high towers.” 
9. It gives us hope, mirroring the sound of the “great shofar” that will call together the Jewish people who are scattered to the corners of the earth at the time of the coming of the Messiah.