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Since there is no need for the verse to state: “Of the 7th month,” as it already states: “On Yom Kippur,” what is the meaning when the verse states: “Of the 7th month”? This serves to teach that all soundings of the shofar of the 7th month must be similar to one another.
And from where is it derived that there must be 3 sets of 3 blasts each? The verse states: “Then you shall make proclamation with the blast of the shofar [shofar terua]”(Leviticus 25:9); and another verse states: “A solemn rest, a memorial of blasts [terua]” (Leviticus 23:24); and a third verse stat
Since one of these verses deals with Yom Kippur of the Jubilee Year, while two of them deal with Rosh HaShana, the Talmud asks: From where is it derived to apply what is said about that verse to this one, and what is said about this verse to that one? With regard to Rosh HaShana, the verse states:
How so? How does one actually perform the sounding of the shofar? One sounds 3 sets of 3 blasts each, which altogether are 9 separate blasts. The length of a tekia is equal to the length of a terua, and the length of a terua is equal to the length of 3 shevarim.
The Talmud analyzes the baraita. This tanna initially derives his halakha from juxtaposition, based on the phrase: “Of the 7th month,” which teaches that every sounding of the shofar in the 7th month must be alike. And now he derives this halakha that one sounds 3 tekia-terua-tekia sets by verbal a