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Chayei Adam - K’lal 142 - The Order of the Tekiahs

these tekiahs since we only blow one [set of] tekiah-shevarim-teruah-tekiah, it
must be that we hold that either way, since we blow three types of teruahs, it is so
that we will fulfill the one which we are obligated to blow and the rest is
considered non-existent. If so, we are saying that it is possible that only tekiah-
teruah-tekiah or tekiah-shevarim-tekiah is correct and if we would blow shevarim-
teruah in a single breath, then there is no shevarim or teruah. Therefore, we blow
them in two breaths so that even if we are supposed to blow shevarim-teruah,
some say that even a shevarim-teruah can be separated by a breath.
Nevertheless, one should be careful not to pause for more than a breath. 59

]19[ After the end of davening, the custom is to blow another thirty blasts.
Some have the custom to blow [yet] another thirty blasts in order to complete
one hundred blasts. 60 Once one has finished blowing all the blasts of the shofar, it
is prohibited to blow any more blasts for no reason, because blowing [shofar] on
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yom tov is rabbinically prohibited. Even if one will blow shofar on the second
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day it is forbidden for him to practice on the first day. Clearly, it is forbidden to
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carry [the shofar] for no reason and is the same as other objects, as explained
above in k’lal 96 siman 1. 64

םדו רשב
59. See there (siman 9 and notes there). silent shemoneh esrei as well (such as nusach
Sefard). However, the Chayei Adam above
60. See above (note 51, first paragraph) rules in line with the custom of the Rema (that
that the Aruch’s opinion is to blow all three only tekiah-shevarim-teruah-tekiah is blown
combinations after each of the three berachos. after each beracha, above). Still, the Rema
He also writes that the shofar is sounded mandates blowing another set of thirty,
during the silent shemoneh esrei as well as the bringing the total to seventy. Perhaps this full
Chazan’s repetition (see above, note 50). This set was blown for the sake of those who
amounts to three sets of thirty blasts of the missed the first set blown before musaf (Taz). אל
shofar, which is ninety. Chazal (Rosh Hashana The Chayei Adam adds that some add another
33b) tell us that when Sisra failed to return thirty blasts to bring the total to one hundred.
from war, his mother cried one hundred cries. Generally, nusach Ashkenaz doesn’t blow
In an effort to imitate this, the Aruch shofar during the silent shemoneh esrei, and
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recommends adding another ten blasts of the the prevalent custom is like the Shelah (as
shofar after musaf. This is indeed the custom above), bringing the total to sixty blasts. After
of many who sound the shofar during the shemoneh esrei, another set of thirty is added,

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