Rosh Hashana 3:3 — The Rosh Hashana Shofar in the Mikdash

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Mesechta Rosh Hashana
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MoedSederסדרמוֹעֵד
Rosh HashanaMesechtaמסכתראש השנה
3Perekפרקג׳
3Mishnahמשנהג׳
נושא · Topicשׁוֹפָר שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָהThe Rosh Hashana Shofar in the Mikdash
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Mishnah ראש השנה ג׳:ג׳ · Rosh Hashana 3:3
שׁוֹפָר שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
שֶׁל יָעֵל,
פָּשׁוּט,
וּפִיו מְצֻפֶּה זָהָב,
וּשְׁתֵּי חֲצוֹצְרוֹת מִן הַצְּדָדִין.
שׁוֹפָר מַאֲרִיךְ
וַחֲצוֹצְרוֹת מְקַצְּרוֹת,
שֶׁמִּצְוַת הַיּוֹם בַּשּׁוֹפָר:
The shofar of Rosh Hashana:
of an ibex,
straight,
its mouth plated with gold,
and two chatzotzros — trumpets — one at either side.
The shofar draws its blast out long
and the trumpets cut theirs short,
because the mitzvah of the day is the shofar.
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two trumpets, one at either sideits mouth plated with goldמַאֲרִיךְשֶׁמִּצְוַת הַיּוֹם בַּשּׁוֹפָר
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The Rosh Hashana Shofar in the Mikdash
CaseRulingReason
What did the shofar of Rosh Hashana look like?An ibex horn, straight, its mouth plated with gold
What sounded alongside it?Two trumpets, one at either side
How is the shofar still picked out while all three are sounding?It draws its blast outwhile they cut theirs shortthe mitzvah of the day is the shofar
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הֲדַרָן עֲלָךְ מַסֶּכֶת רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
A siyum · Mesechta Rosh Hashana

You have learned every Mishnah of Rosh Hashana — all 43 steps, from the four new years through the tefillos of the day. Hadran alach: we will return to you.