Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 66:13

ומנין שפשוטה לפניה ת"ל והעברת שופר תרועה ומנין שפשוטה לאחריה ת"ל תעבירו שופר

and the other that it means uttering short piercing cries. Our Rabbis taught: 'Whence do we know [that the blowing on New Year must be] with a shofar? Because it says, Thou, shalt make proclamation, with a shofar of teru'ah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 9, referring to the Jubilee. E.V. 'blast of the horn'.');">²⁵</span>

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