Best sounding shofar -- Nubian Ibex from Ein Gedi oasis in Israel

Ein Gedi is the home of desert goats known as ibex. Around 1000 BC, Ein Gedi served as one of the main places of refuge for David as he fled from Saul. The Ibex shofar is sounded in the Year of Jubilee. From Biblical times through today, one can go to the wilderness of Ein Gedi (literally “the wellspring of the goat”) and see the ibex upon the rocks, climbing them with extraordinary agility. The word ya’al, as a verb, means “he shall go up,” and would be an appropriate description of these superb climbers. The view in the Mishnah is that the familiar ram’s horn should be used for Rosh HaShanah, with the ibex horn being used for the shofar of Yovel (the jubilee year): Rabbi Yehudah says: The shofar of Rosh HaShanah is that of rams, and of Yovel (the jubilee year) is that of ibex. (Mishnah, Rosh HaShanah 3:2)