Chasidut for Rosh Hashanah 53:1
ופיו מצופה זהב: והתניא ציפהו זהב במקום הנחת פיו פסול שלא במקום הנחת פיו כשר אמר אביי כי תנן נמי מתניתין שלא במקום הנחת פה תנן:
AND ITS MOUTH WAS OVERLAID WITH GOLD. But has it not been taught: 'If it was overlaid with gold at the place where the mouth is applied, it is not valid;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the blast has to be made with a shofar, and not with gold.');"><sup>1</sup></span> if not at the place where the mouth is applied, it is valid'? - Abaye replied: When this state ment is made in our Mishnah, it also refers to the place where the mouth is not applied.
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