Rosh Hashana 4:8 — The Lived Mishnah

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Mishnah ראש השנה ד׳:ח׳ · Rosh Hashana 4:8

שׁוֹפָר שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה,
אֵין מַעֲבִירִין עָלָיו אֶת הַתְּחוּם,
וְאֵין מְפַקְּחִין עָלָיו אֶת הַגַּל,
לֹא עוֹלִין בְּאִילָן,
וְלֹא רוֹכְבִין עַל גַּבֵּי בְהֵמָה,
וְלֹא שָׁטִין עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם,
וְאֵין חוֹתְכִין אוֹתוֹ
בֵּין בְּדָבָר שֶׁהוּא מִשּׁוּם שְׁבוּת,
וּבֵין בְּדָבָר שֶׁהוּא מִשּׁוּם לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.
אֲבָל אִם רָצָה לִתֵּן לְתוֹכוֹ מַיִם אוֹ יַיִן,
יִתֵּן.
אֵין מְעַכְּבִין אֶת הַתִּינוֹקוֹת מִלִּתְקוֹעַ,
אֲבָל מִתְעַסְּקִין עִמָּהֶן
עַד שֶׁיִּלְמְדוּ.
וְהַמִּתְעַסֵּק, לֹא יָצָא,
וְהַשּׁוֹמֵעַ מִן הַמִּתְעַסֵּק, לֹא יָצָא:

For the shofar of Rosh Hashana:
one may not go past the techum — the Shabbos limit — for it,
and one may not clear away a heap of stones for it,
one does not climb a tree,
and does not ride on an animal,
and does not swim across the water,
and one may not cut it —
neither with something barred as a shevus, a rabbinic restriction,
nor with something barred by a lo saaseh, a Torah prohibition.
But if he wished to put water or wine into it —
he may.
One does not hold back the children from blowing,
and moreover one may busy oneself with them
until they learn.
And one who was merely fiddling with it — he has not fulfilled it,
and one who heard from such a fiddler — he has not fulfilled it.

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What May Not Be Done to Get a Shofar▾

Case	Ruling	Reason
May he break a rabbinic restriction to fetch a shofar?	No — not the techum, a stone heap, a tree, an animal or water	—
May he cut the horn from the animal on Yom Tov?	No, with any tool at all	—
May he put water or wine into the shofar?	Yes	—
Are children stopped from blowing?	No — and one may work with them, until they learn	—
One who was only fiddling with it — is he yotzei?	No, and neither is one who heard him	—

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Rosh Hashana 4:8 — What May Not Be Done to Get a Shofar