Rosh Hashana 3:7 — Hearing the Shofar's Own Sound

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Hearing the Shofar's Own Sound

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Mishnah ראש השנה ג׳:ז׳ · Rosh Hashana 3:7
הַתּוֹקֵעַ לְתוֹךְ הַבּוֹר
אוֹ לְתוֹךְ הַדּוּת
אוֹ לְתוֹךְ הַפִּטָּס,
אִם קוֹל שׁוֹפָר שָׁמַע,
יָצָא.
וְאִם קוֹל הֲבָרָה שָׁמַע,
לֹא יָצָא.
וְכֵן מִי שֶׁהָיָה עוֹבֵר אֲחוֹרֵי בֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת,
אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה בֵיתוֹ סָמוּךְ לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת,
וְשָׁמַע קוֹל שׁוֹפָר אוֹ קוֹל מְגִלָּה,
אִם כִּוֵּן לִבּוֹ,
יָצָא,
וְאִם לָאו,
לֹא יָצָא.
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁזֶּה שָׁמַע וְזֶה שָׁמַע,
זֶה כִּוֵּן לִבּוֹ וְזֶה לֹא כִוֵּן לִבּוֹ:
One who blows the shofar into a pit,
or into a cistern,
or into a great storage jar:
if he heard the sound of the shofar itself,
he has fulfilled his obligation.
And if he heard the shofar's echo,
he has not fulfilled it.
And so too, one who was passing behind a shul,
or whose house stood next to a shul,
and heard the sound of a shofar, or the sound of a megillah:
if he directed his heart to the mitzvah,
he has fulfilled his obligation,
and if he did not,
he has not fulfilled it.
Even though this one heard the shofar and that one heard it —
this one directed his heart, and that one did not direct his heart.

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