Commentary for Shabbat 70:5

אמר רשב"ג מה נעשה להם לבבליים שתוקעין ומריעין ושובתין מתוך מריעין תוקעין ומריעין הוו להו חמשה אלא שתוקעין וחוזרין ותוקעין ומריעין ושובתין מתוך מריעין מנהג אבותיהן בידיהן

Then there was an interval for as long as it takes to bake a small fish, or to put a loaf in the oven,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word literally means to cause it to cleave, because the loaf was pressed to the side of the oven. ');">⁸</span> and then a teki'ah, teru'ah, and a teki'ah were blown,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Teki'ah is a long blast; teru'ah, a series of very short blasts, all counted as one. These three were blown in rapid succession. ');">⁹</span>

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