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Chayei Adam - K’lal 141 - Laws of the Tekiahs & Berachos & Who is Obligated In Them
siddur, has the status of one who is sure that he won’t be confused and
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[therefore] may blow. Therefore, it is not however considered an interruption,
since the tekios are an integral part of the tefilah.
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in order to teach us that someone other than transition back into the davening without
the chazan should be the one to blow the having to pause to ‘find his place’.
shofar. The rishonim however explain that the Accordingly, the job of baal tokea is given to
potential issue with the chazan blowing is not someone else. There is however no reason
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out of a concern of an interruption, since it is why the chazan can’t blow the first set of
an integral part of the tefilah (even more so tekios (before musaf). Yet, if the first sets were
than birkas kohanim ) Rather, we are blown by someone other than the chazan, that
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concerned that after stopping to blow shofar, baal tokei’a should complete the job, as one
it will be difficult for him to make a smooth who begins a mitzva should finish it (Rema).
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