Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 64:21

אמר רבי יוחנן בשעת גזרת המלכות שנו:

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>OF THOSE WHO PASS BEFORE THE ARK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he who passes etc.'. I.e., who read the service before the congregation. These were said to 'pass' or, more correctly, to 'go down before the Ark', because they stood in front of the Ark on a level lower than the Ark itself and the rest of the congregation.');">³⁵</span> ON THE HOLYDAY OF NEW YEAR, THE SECOND<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the one who reads the Musaf service (v. Glos.) . ghe,n');">³⁶</span> BLOWS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hai Gaon takes it literally, 'he causes to blow', 'he orders the blowing'. I.e., he recites the prayers introductory to the blowing, v. supra 32a, but the blowing itself is performed by another to avoid confusing the reader; cf. Ber. 34a.]');">³⁷</span>

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