Rosh Hashana 4:9 — The Blasts, and Who Must Daven

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נושא · Topicסֵדֶר תְּקִיעוֹתThe Blasts, and Who Must Daven
This Mishnah is:a procedure, then a case, then a rule · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah ראש השנה ד׳:ט׳ · Rosh Hashana 4:9
סֵדֶר תְּקִיעוֹת,
שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁל שָׁלשׁ שָׁלשׁ.
שִׁעוּר תְּקִיעָה כְּשָׁלשׁ תְּרוּעוֹת.
שִׁעוּר תְּרוּעָה כְּשָׁלשׁ יְבָבוֹת.
תָּקַע בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה,
וּמָשַׁךְ בַּשְּׁנִיָּה כִשְׁתַּיִם,
אֵין בְּיָדוֹ אֶלָּא אֶחָת.
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ
וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִתְמַנָּה לוֹ שׁוֹפָר,
תּוֹקֵעַ וּמֵרִיעַ וְתוֹקֵעַ שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים.
כְּשֵׁם שֶׁשְּׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר חַיָּב,
כָּךְ כָּל יָחִיד וְיָחִיד חַיָּב.
רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר,
שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר
מוֹצִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן:
The order of the blasts:
three sets, of three blasts each.
The length of a tekiah — one long blast — is like three teruos.
The length of a teruah is like three yevavos — three sobs.
He blew the tekiah of the first set,
and drew the second out the length of two:
he has no more than one in hand.
One who said the brachos
and only afterwards a shofar came to hand:
he blows tekiah, teruah and tekiah three times.
Just as the shliach tzibbur is obligated,
so every single individual is obligated.
Rabban Gamliel says:
the shliach tzibbur
discharges the public of their obligation.
A reading aid, not an exact translation.

This English is a clause-by-clause rendering to help you follow the Hebrew. It is not word-for-word literal, and it is not a transcript of the recorded shiur — the audio carries explanation and context the translation deliberately leaves out.

case/objectrestrictive rulingpermissive rulingTanna
Structure
The shape of it
the first setthe second setוּמָשַׁךְ בַּשְּׁנִיָּה כִשְׁתַּיִםno break — so it is one blast, not twoאֵין בְּיָדוֹ אֶלָּא אֶחָת
Summary Chart
The Blasts, and Who Must Daven
CaseRulingReason
How many blasts, and in what pattern?Three sets of three — tekiah, teruah, tekiah
How long is a tekiah?Three teruos
And a teruah?Three yevavos
May one long tekiah close one set and open the next?No — it counts as one
A shofar reached him only after he davened — does he repeat it?No — he just blows the three sets
May a man rely on the shliach tzibbur's Shemoneh Esrei?Tanna Kamma: No — every individual is obligated
Rabban Gamliel: Yes — he discharges the public
Transcript
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