Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Rosh Hashanah 51:4

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> שפיר קאמר רבי יוסי ורבנן כל השופרות אקרו שופר ואקרו קרן דפרה קרן אקרי שופר לא אקרי דכתיב (דברים לג, יז) בכור שורו הדר לו וקרני ראם קרניו

SAID R'JOSE: ARE NOT ALL SHOFARS CALLED 'KEREN' AS IT SAYS, WHEN THEY MAKE A LONG BLAST WITH THE RAM'S KEREN [HORN]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. VI, 5. This is identified by the Talmud with the shofar mentioned in the same verse (when ye hear the sound of the shofar) .');"><sup>4</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>R'Jose was surely quite right. What can the Rabbis reply? - That all shofars are called both shofar and keren, whereas that of a cow is called keren but is not called shofar, as it is written, His firstlin bullock, majesty is his, and his horns [karnaw] are as the horns of a re'em.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXIII, 17. We see here that the horn of a bullock is called keren. rp rua');"><sup>5</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

לא תאפה חמץ . The prohibition to bake the part of the מנחה set aside for consumption by the priests as leavened dough which is derived from 6,9 is rooted in the above mentioned principle of אין קטיגור נעשה סניגור, that the advocate for the prosecution cannot also act as counsel for the defense. The offering which symbolized the sin must be totally burned without it being allowed an opportunity to develop mildew, etc., which could be the case while the dough rises before being baked. Hence the Torah insists that all of the dough be baked only as Matzah i.e. unleavened bread or cake. Traditionally we equate Chametz with the accuser. Thus far Rabbi Menachem Habavli.
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