The words inscribed on the liberty bell are found in substance in the book of Leviticus: “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout the Land and to All the Inhabitants Thereof” The verse in its context echoes differently. The call out for liberty in the Torah is specific: manumission of those who are enslaved, forgiveness of debts, return to ancestral property and sabbatical from working the land. The instrument at hand is not a bell but a shofar.