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

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]20[ We have already written that if one didn’t have a shofar on the first day
and they brought him one during bein hashemashos that he should blow without
a beracha. If Rosh Hashana falls on Thursday and Friday and the shofar arrived on
Friday after the tzibur davened Maariv of Shabbos, yet it is still day, the Taz writes
in siman 600 that one should blow without a beracha. 66

]21[ Even though blowing shofar on Rosh Hashana is a decree of the Torah,
there is a message in it, and it is as if [the shofar is] saying “slumberers, awake
from your sleep, those who doze off, wake up from your naps, examine your
actions and do teshuva, remember your Creator!”. [This refers to] those who
forget the truth while getting caught up in the emptiness of time, for those who
turn to emptiness are erring, for this will not help nor save them. Look after your
souls and improve your ways. Each one of you should abandon his evil ways and
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bad thoughts.

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limited to when it is necessary to do so; is true that there is a deeper message in every
carrying on yom tov for no purpose at all is mitzva, when we hear the shofar, we are
prohibited. supposed to hear this message and act upon
it.
65. Above 141:1 Rav Sadyah Gaon lists ten reasons why we
blow shofar on Rosh Hashana: (1) Rosh
66. See Mateh Efraim and Mishna Berura Hashana is the anniversary of Creation and
who rule that he should blow tekiah-shevarim- when Hashem became ruler over the world.
teruah-tekiah, tekiah-shevarim-tekiah, and When a king is coronated, his authority is
tekiah-teruah-tekiah, but no more than this. announced by blasts of a trumpet or shofar;
(2) since it is the first day of the aseres yemei
67. Rambam Hilchos Teshuva 3:4. While it teshuva which culminate in the final

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