Sukkah 53b Part 2/5

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How many trumpet blasts sounded in the Beis HaMikdash each day? The Mishna sets a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 48, built from the gates, the tamid offerings, Musaf, Erev Shabbos and Succos. The Gemara brings Rabbi Yehuda's minimum of seven and maximum of sixteen. The sounds are the same, and the difference is in the counting, since Rabbi Yehuda treats tekiah teruah tekiah as one mitzvah.

Key points

• The Mishna counts never fewer than 21 and never more than 48 blasts in the Mikdash.
• Three blasts opened the gates, and each tamid's shira, split in three, brought nine more.
• In the Mishna, Musaf adds nine, Erev Shabbos adds six, and an Erev Shabbos in Succos reaches 48.
• Rabbi Yehuda's seven and sixteen count the same blasts, with tekiah teruah tekiah as one mitzvah.
• The Rabbanan read the pesukim as requiring a pshuta before and after every teruah.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Trumpets in the Beis HaMikdash
2. 1:54The Mishna: between 21 and 48
3. 7:00Musaf and Erev Shabbos blasts
4. 10:39Erev Shabbos during Succos
5. 15:12Gemara: Rabbi Yehuda's seven and sixteen
6. 21:00The pesukim of the trumpets
7. 24:53Derashos of Rabbi Yehuda and the Rabbanan
8. 29:53Review and what comes tomorrow

Topics

• Beis HaMikdash
• Tekiah Teruah
• Succos