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===Blowing from the Right Side=== | ===Blowing from the Right Side=== | ||
#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> | ||
===Who is Obligated?=== | ===Who is Obligated?=== | ||
# Women are exempt from blowing or listening to the shofar. Nonetheless, it is a mitzvah for women to voluntarily hear the shofar. According to Ashkenazim she can recite the bracha or the one blowing can recite the bracha even if blowing only for women, while according to Sephardim she may not recite a bracha and someone blowing just for women also may not recite the bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 589:6. {{Bracha on Mitzvot Aseh Shehazman Grama}}</ref> | # Women are exempt from blowing or listening to the shofar. Nonetheless, it is a mitzvah for women to voluntarily hear the shofar. According to Ashkenazim she can recite the bracha or the one blowing can recite the bracha even if blowing only for women, while according to Sephardim she may not recite a bracha and someone blowing just for women also may not recite the bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama Orach Chaim 589:6. {{Bracha on Mitzvot Aseh Shehazman Grama}}</ref> | ||
# A child who reached chinuch should hear the shofar being blown but can fulfill his obligation by blowing himself.<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=92108 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Netsavim 5779 min 29)] explained that Rav Elyashiv Haarot Rosh Hashana and Gittin wrote that a child who reached chinuch needs to hear the shofar from an adult because the blowing of a child isn't considered the blowing of a mitzvah. However, Rav Yosef argued that it is considered a shofar blast for himself.</ref> | # A child who reached chinuch should hear the shofar being blown but can fulfill his obligation by blowing himself.<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=92108 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Netsavim 5779 min 29)] explained that Rav Elyashiv Haarot Rosh Hashana and Gittin wrote that a child who reached chinuch needs to hear the shofar from an adult because the blowing of a child isn't considered the blowing of a mitzvah. However, Rav Yosef argued that it is considered a shofar blast for himself.</ref> | ||
===Borrowing a Shofar without Permission=== | ===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> | |||
# | ===If Rosh Hashana Falls out on Shabbat=== | ||
# If Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbat, we do not blow the Shofar.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 588:5 based on Mishna Rosh Hashana 29b </ref> This is a rabbinic decree because there is a risk that one will take the shofar and go to an expert to learn how to blow it, and he will carry it four cubits in the public domain.<ref> Mishna Brura 588:13 based on Gemara Rosh Hashana 29b. see more on [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/988699/jewish/Why-No-Shofar-on-Shabbat.htm Chabad.org]</ref> | |||
==Second Day of Rosh Hashana== | ==Second Day of Rosh Hashana== | ||
