Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A title for one who blows the shofar on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• בעל תקיעה ba'al teki'a, 'lit. owner of the sound-blast, the one appointed to blow shofar'
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
• Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations

Regions

• North America
• Australia / New Zealand
• Great Britain
• South Africa

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

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