Rosh Hashana 4:9 — The Order of the Shofar Blasts

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The Order of the Shofar Blasts

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Mishnah ראש השנה ד׳:ט׳ · Rosh Hashana 4:9
סֵדֶר תְּקִיעוֹת,
שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁל שָׁלשׁ שָׁלשׁ.
שִׁעוּר תְּקִיעָה כְּשָׁלשׁ תְּרוּעוֹת.
שִׁעוּר תְּרוּעָה כְּשָׁלשׁ יְבָבוֹת.
תָּקַע בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה,
וּמָשַׁךְ בַּשְּׁנִיָּה כִשְׁתַּיִם,
אֵין בְּיָדוֹ אֶלָּא אֶחָת.
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ
וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִתְמַנָּה לוֹ שׁוֹפָר,
תּוֹקֵעַ וּמֵרִיעַ וְתוֹקֵעַ שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים.
כְּשֵׁם שֶׁשְּׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר חַיָּב,
כָּךְ כָּל יָחִיד וְיָחִיד חַיָּב.
רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר,
שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר
מוֹצִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן:
The order of the blasts:
three sets, of three blasts each.
The length of a tekiah — one long blast — is like three teruos.
The length of a teruah is like three yevavos — three sobs.
He blew the tekiah of the first set,
and drew the second out the length of two:
he has no more than one in hand.
One who said the brachos
and only afterwards a shofar came to hand:
he blows tekiah, teruah and tekiah three times.
Just as the shliach tzibbur is obligated,
so every single individual is obligated.
Rabban Gamliel says:
the shliach tzibbur
discharges the public of their obligation.

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