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and the month that was intercalated, added for the leap year, was 30 days, and last year we turned two months that are generally deficient into full months, which meant that it had 8 full months instead of the usual 6. Consequently, remove from consideration the 3 months that were made deficient t
Mishnah: No fewer than 21 trumpet blasts are sounded daily in the Temple, as each day 3 blasts were sounded for the opening of the gates in the morning, 9 for the daily morning offering, and 9 for the daily afternoon offering, totaling 21. And no more than 48 are ever sounded on a single day. This
When accompanying their song with instruments, the Levites do not use fewer than two lyres and do not use more than 6. When flutes are played, they do not use fewer than two flutes and do not use more than 12. And there are 12 days during the year when the flute plays before the altar: At the time
The Temple musicians were slaves of priests; this is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yosei says: The musicians were not slaves, but Israelites from the family of the house of Pegarim and the family of the house of Tzippara from the city of Emaum, and their lineage was sufficiently pure that they wou
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that no fewer than 21 trumpet blasts are sounded daily in the Temple and no more than 48. The Talmud notes: The Mishnah is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda says: One may not blow fewer than 7 blasts, and one may