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# If one is unsure if he heard the [[shofar]] or not, he should hear it again without a beracha. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 37, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim pg. 161 </ref>  
# If one is unsure if he heard the [[shofar]] or not, he should hear it again without a beracha. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 37, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim pg. 161 </ref>  
# Ideally, the [[shofar]] blower should try to blow it from the right side of his mouth, but this certainly doesn't prevent one from fulfilling his obligation if he doesn't. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 41 </ref>
# Ideally, the [[shofar]] blower should try to blow it from the right side of his mouth, but this certainly doesn't prevent one from fulfilling his obligation if he doesn't. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 41 </ref>
===Borrowing a Shofar without Permission===
# One may borrow a shofar to perform the mitzva without asking permission.<ref>Magen Avraham 586:4, Mishna Brura 586:9, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 68 </ref> However, if the borrower has a cold, or if he suspects that the owner might be a finicky about germs, he should not use it without permission.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 68 based on Aruch Hashulchan 14:11</ref>


==Second Day of Rosh Hashana==
==Second Day of Rosh Hashana==
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# It's a proper minhag not to sleep on Rosh Hashana. Someone who has a headache should sleep a little after midday in order to perform the mitzvot and [[prayers]] better. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 183-4), Kaf HaChaim 584:38,39, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Nitzavim:11, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 33 </ref>
# It's a proper minhag not to sleep on Rosh Hashana. Someone who has a headache should sleep a little after midday in order to perform the mitzvot and [[prayers]] better. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 183-4), Kaf HaChaim 584:38,39, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Nitzavim:11, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 33 </ref>
# After the meal a person should go to the shul to learn according to his ability. Some have the practice of reading Tehillim twice over Rosh Hashana. A person who usually studies halachot should learn halachot rather than say Tehillim. In any event, one shouldn't waste time on this holy day of Rosh Hashana and wasting one's time on Rosh Hashana is like sleeping.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 33), Sh"t Yechave Daat 3:44</ref>
# After the meal a person should go to the shul to learn according to his ability. Some have the practice of reading Tehillim twice over Rosh Hashana. A person who usually studies halachot should learn halachot rather than say Tehillim. In any event, one shouldn't waste time on this holy day of Rosh Hashana and wasting one's time on Rosh Hashana is like sleeping.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 33), Sh"t Yechave Daat 3:44</ref>
# Some poskim advise that it isn't appropriate to have tashmish on Rosh Hashana unless it is her Tevilah night.<ref>Knesset Hegedola 581:8, Machzik Bracha 581:4, Birkei Yosef 581:18, Pri Chadash 581:4</ref>
==Minhag of Tashlich==
==Minhag of Tashlich==
===Where and When?===
===Where and When?===