Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 56:9
אמר לו שאני אומר מצות אינו עובר עליהן אלא בזמנן
Is it not where the latter blows merely to make music?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in such a case he does not perform the precept of blowing the shofar, which would show that such performance requires intention.');"><sup>5</sup></span> - Perhaps [it refers to a case] where he merely [as it were] barks.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., produces only half the requisite sound.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Rashi on Rosh Hashanah
Commandments can only be transgressed, with do not add, in their times. For example, five species in a lulav, five compartments in tefillin or five fringes on a talit. But the addition of a day upon days or an hour upon hours is not an addition.
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