Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 592

Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 592 — English translation

Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 11. The Mussaf Prayer (said) in a loud voice and the order of the Shofar Blasts, and in it is 4 paragraphs. The Chazan repeats the (silent) prayer. And we blow on the order of the blessings: for Kings TSR"T once, for Remembrances TS"T and for Shofars TR"T. And now we have the custom to blow for Kings TSR"T three times, for Remembrances TS"T three times and for Shofars TR"T three times. Rema: And there are that say we blow TSR"T for Kings once and also for Remembrances and also for Shofros [Tur quoting Rabbeinu Tam and Minhagim]. And so is the custom in these provinces. Also, it is a custom to say every time after that Tokea blasted (the prayers) "HaYom Haras Olam" (paragraph starting הַיּוֹם הֲרַת עוֹלָם On this day the world came into being etc.) and "Ereshes" (paragraph starting אֲרֶֽשֶׁת שְׂפָתֵֽינוּ May the utterance of our lips etc.) [Maharil] even on Shabbos when we do not blast, we say "HaYom Haras" but not "Ereshes" [Minhagim]
2. 2An individual (i.e. individual praying without a minyan) does not interrupt to blow shofar in the blessings (of the Mussaf Prayer) and even if there is one to blow for him. Rema: Rather we blow Shofar for him before he prays Mussaf, and we do not need to blow for him a 2nd time [Kol Bo and Bais Yosef in the name of Archos Chayim].
3. 3One should not talk, not the Tokea nor the congregation, between the 'Sitting Shofar Blasts' (said prior to the Mussaf Prayer) to the 'Standing Shofar Blasts' (said within the Mussaf Prayer). (However in regard to the Shofar Blasts and the Prayers, it is not an interruption [Mordechai and Maharil]. If one did talk empty words (i.e. unrelated to the prayers etc.) it is not necessary to go back and make a blessing)(Tur) . And it is not necessary to say (i.e. it goes without saying) that one should not talk between the blessing (of the Shofar) to the blast itself if not in regard to the Shofar Blasts.
4. 4This one who blew the Shofar when they (the congregation) were sitting (that is the blasts prior to the Musaf Prayer), blows the shofar on the order of the blessings (that is within the Musaf Prayer). Rema: However, it is not a prerequisite, and another is able to blow shofar. Rather that it (i.e. what the Mechaber said) is fitting to do so. Already I have written earlier in Chapter 585.

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