Rosh Hashana 4:2 — What Yerushalayim Had over Yavneh

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What Yerushalayim Had over Yavneh

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְתֵרָה עַל יַבְנֶה
Mishnah ראש השנה ד׳:ב׳ · Rosh Hashana 4:2
וְעוֹד זֹאת הָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְתֵרָה עַל יַבְנֶה,
שֶׁכָּל עִיר שֶׁהִיא
רוֹאָה
וְשׁוֹמַעַת
וּקְרוֹבָה
וִיכוֹלָה לָבֹא,
תּוֹקְעִין.
וּבְיַבְנֶה
לֹא הָיוּ תוֹקְעִין
אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין בִּלְבָד:
And this too Yerushalayim had over Yavneh:
any city that
sees it,
and hears it,
and is near,
and is able to come —
they blow there.
But in Yavneh
they would not blow
except in the beis din alone.

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