Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 13th.
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Today's word is shofar, spelled S-H-O-F-A-R.
Shofar is a noun.
A shofar is the horn of an animal, usually a ram,
blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle and during religious observances.
It's used in modern Judaism, especially during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Literary Hub.
Sheep were domesticated in ancient Mesopotamia over 10,000 years ago,
and we have the ancient cave paintings to prove it.
Sheep appear in folklore, religion, and mythology from all over the world.
The Greek Golden Fleece, the Jewish Shofar, the Egyptian Pharaoh's Shepherd's Crook, Christianity's Agnes Dei.
One of the shofar's original uses was to proclaim the Jubilee Year,
a year of emancipation of enslaved Jews and restoration of alienated lands to their former owners.
Today, it is mainly used in synagogues during the high holidays.