Ram's Horn
Ram's horn. Huh. Apparently Jewish people blow through them once a year.
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Characteristics
A ram's horn - known as a shofar when used for Jewish religious purposes - is used during Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Judaism's holiest day).
Episodes
7.04 Defending Your Life
When Osiris sentences Dean to death for his guilt, Bobby does some research to figure out how to kill him. Bobby figures out that stabbing Osiris with a ram's horn will temporarily kill him for at least "a couple of centuries".
Sam goes to a nearby Synagogue to steal a ram's horn. He then takes it to Neal's tavern where he stabs Osiris with it, just in time to save Dean's life.
Shofar in Lore
The best-known ritual of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar, a musical instrument made from an animal horn. The shofar is blown at various points during the Rosh Hashanah prayers, and it is customary in most communities to have a total of 100 blasts on each day. The shofar is not blown on Shabbat. While the blowing of the shofar is a Biblical statute, it is also a symbolic "wake-up call", stirring Jews to mend their ways and repent. The shofar blasts call out: "Sleepers, wake up from your slumber! Examine your ways and repent and remember your Creator." Additionally, the act of blowing the shofar, like the rainbow, is ordered by God as a reminder to God of humanity and our plight.[1]
