Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 64:25

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מ"ט שופר עשה הוא ויו"ט עשה ולא תעשה ואין עשה דוחה את לא תעשה ועשה:

He replied to them: Is it possible that the King should be sitting on the throne of justice with the books of life and death open before Him, and Israel should chant hymns of praise? <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>[FOR THE SAKE OF] THE SHOFAR OF NEW YEAR IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISREGARD THE DISTANCE LIMIT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to pass the limit'. I.e., to travel more than the permitted two thousand cubits in order to hear the shofar blown.');">⁴³</span> NOR TO REMOVE DEBRIS NOR TO CLIMB A TREE NOR TO RIDE ON AN ANIMAL NOR TO SWIM ON THE WATER'IT MUST NOT BE SHAPED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cut'.');">⁴⁴</span>

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