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Blowing the Shofar

Ludwig Meidner1937

Jewish Museum Frankfurt / Museum Judengasse

Jewish Museum Frankfurt / Museum Judengasse
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

This portrait shows a shofar player. The shofar is a ritual wind instrument that is usually made from a ram’s horn. Among other things, it is used in the liturgy on both Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's festival, and at the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. When a trumpet is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, it is usually a shofar that is meant. One example is the well-known story about the conquest of Jericho, in which the blasts of seven trumpets cause the city walls to collapse.

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  • Title: Blowing the Shofar
  • Creator: Ludwig Meidner (1884 - 1966)
  • Date Created: 1937
  • Location Created: Cologne, Germany
  • Physical Dimensions: 71,1 cm x 60,1 cm
  • Subject Keywords: Rosh Hashana, Judaism, instrument
  • Type: drawing
  • Rights: Ludwig Meidner Archiv
  • Medium: crayon
Jewish Museum Frankfurt / Museum Judengasse

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