Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 67:19
ת"ל (תהלים פא, ד) תקעו בחדש שופר בכסה ליום חגנו אי זהו חג שהחדש מתכסה בו הוי אומר זה ר"ה וקאמר רחמנא שופר
It is written here, And ye shall cause to pass a shofar of teru'ah, and it i written elsewhere, And Moses commanded, and they caused a voice to pass.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXVI, 6.');"><sup>30</sup></span> Just as there the passing was of a sound, so here it is of a sound. And to the Tanna who derives the rule [regarding the teki'ah] from [the blowing commanded] in the wilderness, [it may be objected that] just as there trumpets were to be used, so here [on New Year] trumpets should be used? - Therefore it is written, Blow ye the shofar at the New Moon, at the concealment for the day of our festival.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXXXI, 4. E.V. 'at the full moon for our feast day, v. .supra 8a.');"><sup>31</sup></span>
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