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The shofar is primarily associated with Rosh Hashanah.

Indeed, Rosh Hashanah is called " Yom T ’ ruah " ( or " Yom Teruah ") ( the day of the shofar blast ).

In the Mishnah ( book of early rabbinic laws derived from the Torah ), a discussion centers on the centrality of the shofar in the time before the destruction of the second temple ( 70 AD ).

Indeed, the shofar was the center of the ceremony, with two silver trumpets playing a lesser role.

On other solemn holidays, fasts, and new moon celebrations, two silver trumpets were featured, with one shofar playing a lesser role.

The shofar is also associated with the jubilee year in which, every fifty years, Jewish law provided for the release of all slaves, land, and debts.

The sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah announced the jubilee year, and the sound of the shofar on Yom Kippur proclaimed the actual release of financial encumbrances.