Chasidut for Rosh Hashanah 31:17

(ואמר) רבי יצחק למה תוקעין בר"ה למה תוקעין רחמנא אמר תקעו אלא למה מריעין מריעין רחמנא אמר זכרון תרועה אלא למה תוקעין ומריעין כשהן יושבין

R'Abbahu said: Why do we blow on a ram's horn? The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Sound before Me a ram's horn so that I may remember on your behalf the binding of Isaac the son of Abraham,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because eventually Abraham offered a ram in place of Isaac.');">²⁷</span> and account it to you as if you had bound yourselves before Me. R'Isaac said: Why do we sound the horn on New Year? - [You ask], why do we sound? The All-Merciful has told us to sound!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the verse Sound (tik'u) the horn on the New Moon, on the appointed day of our festival. Ps. LXXXI, 4.');">²⁸</span> - What he means is, why do we sound a teru'ah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the word tik'u implies only the teki'ah sound. For teru'ah and teki'ah v. Glos.');">²⁹</span> [You ask] why do we sound a teru'ah? The All-Merciful has proclaimed 'a memorial of teru'ah!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXIII, 24. E.V. 'a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns'.');">³⁰</span> - What he means is, why do we sound a teki'ah and teru'ah!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXIII, 24. E.V. 'a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns'.');">³⁰</span> - sitting

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