Shofar-Blowing Procedure

Please note that in this document, "Shofar" refers to the Ram's Horn.

General Issues

At what time of day the requirement begins/ends: Rosh HaShanah 28a, 34a; Megillah 20b

When and how to make the Blessing on the Mitzvah: Pesachim 7b

Which blessings to make: Rosh HaShanah 26b, 27a, 29a, 30a

Coordinating the Shofar with the "Musaf" Service: Rosh HaShanah 32a, 34b

How to Blow the Shofar if one already prayed the "Musaf" service: Rosh HaShanah 33b

Above, if one had a Shofar while praying the "Musaf" service: Rosh HaShanah 34b

Whether lack of the blessings prevents fulfilling the Mitzvah of Shofar, and vice versa: Rosh HaShanah 34b

The Blowing of the Shofar confusing Satan: Rosh HaShanah 16a-b

Use of the Shofar and trumpets: Rosh HaShanah 26b, 27a

Distinction between the Shofar-Blowing, and use of Trumpets, in the Temple and in other areas: Rosh HaShanah 27a

Blowing the Shofar on Shabbos, in the Temple, before established Courts, and elsewhere, pre/post the Destruction of the Temple: Rosh HaShanah 29b, 29b-30a

The above, for temporary courts: Rosh HaShanah 29b

Choosing between hearing the "Musaf" service [where he can't pray it on his own] or the Blowing of the Shofar: Rosh HaShanah 34b

Ordinarily, this job belongs to the reader of the "Musaf" Service: Rosh HaShanah 32b

Blowing in the sitting AND standing sections of the Service: Rosh HaShanah 16a-b

The number and length of the blasts: Rosh HaShanah 33b

The length of a "Tekiah" blast: Rosh HaShanah 27b

What a "Teruah" blast is: Rosh HaShanah 33b, 34a

Having a straight ["Tekiah"] blast before and after the "Teruah": Rosh HaShanah 33b-34a

Source for having 3 sets of 3 blasts: Rosh HaShanah 34a

Source for having Tekiah-Shevarim-Teruah-Tekiah: Rosh HaShanah 34a

Any sound which is emitted by an acceptable Shofar is acceptable, even if it doesn't sound like a traditional Shofar blast: Rosh HaShanah 27b

The blasts are identical to those of Yom Kippur of a Jubilee Year: Rosh HaShanah 33b-34a

The shofar's blast must extend past those of the trumpets: Rosh HaShanah 27a

One who hears only the beginning/end of a blast: Rosh HaShanah 27a, 28a

If one blast was lengthened like two, how it is counted: Rosh HaShanah 27a, 28a, 33b

Blowing in an echoing chamber: Rosh HaShanah 27a, 27b-28a

Distinguishing two separate, simultaneous blasts: Rosh HaShanah 27a, 34b

Above, where they came from one person or two separate people: Rosh HaShanah 27a

If part of the blast was heard before the day began, and therefore before the Mitzvah of Shofar began: Rosh HaShanah 28a

If the blasts were spread out over a long period of time: Rosh HaShanah 34b; Succah 54a



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