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שאין תלמוד לומר ״בחדש השביעי״, ומה תלמוד לומר ״בחדש השביעי״ — שיהו כל תרועות החדש השביעי זה כזה.
Since there is no need for the verse to state: “Of the 7th month,” as it already states: “On Yom Kippur,” what is the meaning when the verse states: “Of the 7th month”? This serves to teach that all soundings of the shofar of the 7th month must be similar to one another.
ומנין לשלש של שלש שלש — תלמוד לומר: ״והעברת שופר תרועה״, ״שבתון זכרון תרועה״, ״יום תרועה יהיה לכם״.
And from where is it derived that there must be 3 sets of 3 blasts each? The verse states: “Then you should make proclamation with the blast of the shofar [shofar terua]”(Leviticus 25:9); and another verse states: “A solemn rest, a memorial of blasts [terua]” (Leviticus 23:24); and a third verse states: “It is a day of sounding [terua] the shofar to you” (Numbers 29:1). Terua is mentioned 3 times in these verses, and a terua is always preceded and followed by a tekia.
ומנין ליתן את האמור של זה בזה ושל זה בזה — תלמוד לומר: ״שביעי״ ״שביעי״ לגזירה שוה.
Since one of these verses deals with Yom Kippur of the Jubilee Year, while two of them deal with Rosh HaShana, the Talmud asks: From where is it derived to apply what is said about that verse to this one, and what is said about this verse to that one? With regard to Rosh HaShana, the verse states: “Of the 7th month” (Leviticus 25:9), and with regard to Yom Kippur the verse likewise states: “In the 7th month” (Leviticus 23:24). It is derived by verbal analogy that any shofar blasts sounded on one of these days must also be sounded on the other. Consequently, on each day one must sound 3 sets of tekia-terua-tekia.