Related%20passage for Shabbat 70:9

והתניא שופר מיטלטל וחצוצרות אינם מיטלטלין אמר רב (יוסי) לא קשיא כאן ביחיד כאן בצבור א"ל אביי וביחיד למאי חזי הואיל וראוי לגמע בו מים

was removed, and what was to be stored away<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the next day. ');">¹⁵</span> was stored away, and the lamp was lit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and the lighter lit'. ');">¹⁶</span> Then there was an interval for as long as it takes to bake a small fish or to place a loaf in the oven; then a teki'ah, teru'ah and a teki'ah were sounded, and one commenced the Sabbath. R. Jose b. R. Hanina said: I have heard that if one comes to light after the six blasts he may do so, since the Sages gave the hazzan of the community<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 41, n. 7. ');">¹⁷</span> time to carry his <i>shofar</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ram's horn, on which these blasts were produced. ');">¹⁸</span> home.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shofar was blown on the top of a high roof, and R. Jose b. Hanina assumed that the hazzan then took it home. ');">¹⁹</span> Said they to him, If so, your rule depends on [variable] standards.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The commencement of the Sabbath will depend on the distance of that roof from his house. ');">²⁰</span> Rather the hazzan of the community had a hidden place on the top of his roof, where he placed his <i>shofar</i>, because neither a <i>shofar</i> nor a trumpet may be handled [on the Sabbath].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A shofar was curved, whereas a trumpet was straight. ');">²¹</span> But it was taught: A <i>shofar</i> may be handled, but not a trumpet?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shofar, being curved, could be used for taking up a drink of water; this being permitted, its handling too (even without that use) is permitted. ');">²²</span> — Said R. Joseph: There is no difficulty: The one refers to an individual['s]; the other to a community['s]. Said Abaye to him, And in the case of an individual's, what is it fit for? — It is possible to give a child a drink therewith?

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