Commentary for Sukkah 107:7

תנן ע"ש שבתוך החג היו שם מ"ח ואם איתא ליתני שבת שבתוך החג משכחת לה חמשין וחד א"ר זירא לפי שאין תוקעין לפתיחת שערים בשבת

We have learned “On the eve of Shabbat during the intermediate days of the festival there were [therefore] forty-eight blasts.” Now if it were so, why was it not stated that on Shabbat during the festival it was possible to have fifty-one blasts? R. Zera answered, Because the trumpet was not sounded at the opening of the gates on the Shabbat.

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