The words for Rosh Hashanah’s three shofar calls—the t’ki’ah, the sh’varim, and the tru’ah—are all ancient. Where do they and the sounds denoted by them come from?
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Where Do the Names of the Shofar Calls Come From?
At least one of them might stem from the days when Jews ululated.
Afghanistan’s only known Jew, Zebulon Simantov, blowing a shofar in his home in Kabul. Getty Images.
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