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in the first clause, the baraita is dealing with a minor who has reached the age of training in mitzvot. This child is taught to sound the shofar, as one is obligated to teach him the proper way to perform mitzvot. However, here, in the second clause, the baraita is dealing with a minor who has not
§ The Mishnah taught: One who acts unawares while sounding the shofar, without any intention to produce a sound, has not fulfilled his obligation. The Talmud infers: One who sounds a shofar for music, even if he has no intention to perform the mitzva, has fulfilled his obligation. The Talmud asks:
§ The Mishnah continues. And one who hears the shofar blasts from one who acts unawares has not fulfilled his obligation. The Talmud asks: However, one who hears the shofar blasts from one who is sounding the shofar for himself, without intention of sounding it for others, what is the halakha? The
The Talmud rejects this argument. Perhaps one can explain that since the first clause of the Mishnah taught the halakha with regard to one who acts unawares, the latter clause also taught the halakha with regard to one who acts unawares. If so, no inference may be drawn from here to the case of one
Mishnah: The order of the blasts is 3 sets of 3 blasts each, which are: Tekia, terua, and tekia. The length of a tekia is equal to the length of 3 teruot, and the length of a terua is equal to the length of 3 whimpers. If one sounded the first tekia of the initial series of tekia, terua, tekia,