The shofar has both a particularistic and universal meaning.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 47 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 47 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 47 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to "The Shofar Postcard and the Shofar Prayer."

• Click here to read more about the shofar blowing on the island of St. Martin.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.