A musical instrument made from the horn of a kosher animal, most often a ram. Used by Jews for religious purposes, particularly during Rosh Hashanah, which in Poland was called the Feast of Trumpets. The ceremonial blowing of the shofar concluded the holiday of Yom Kippur. In ancient times, the sounds of the shofar accompanied wars, warned of danger, and were present in the temple liturgy. According to Jewish beliefs, the prophet Elijah would use it to summon the resurrected to the Last Judgment. The shofar dates back to the first half of the 20th century. It was donated to the collections of the National Museum of the Przemyśl Region in 1983 by Salomon Freifeld. He was one of the main activists of the Jewish Social and Cultural Society, which was founded in Przemyśl in 1950. The Society’s main goal was to ensure the continuity of Yiddish culture and language.
