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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 256
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Orach Chayim Siman 256 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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Opens “ששה תקיעות שהיו תוקעין בע"ש. ובו סעיף…”
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<b>ששה תקיעות שהיו תוקעין בע"ש. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>כשהיו ישראל ביישובן היו תוקעין בע"ש ששה תקיעות כדי להבדיל את העם מן המלאכה: הגה ונהגו בקהלות הקדושות שכל שהוא סמוך לשבת כחצי שעה או שעה שמכריז ש"צ להכין עצמן לשבת והיא במקום התקיעות בימיהם וכן ראוי לנהוג בכל מקום:
The Six Shofar Blasts that Would Be Sounded on Friday: When the Jewish people were settled in their land, they used to sound six shofar blasts on Erev Shabbat, [to alert] the people to conclude [their] work. RAMA: At present, the custom in holy communities is that a half hour or an hour before Shabbos, an emissary of the community announces [that everyone] should prepare himself for Shabbat, and this is in place of the shofar blasts that took place in those days. It is appropriate to act thus in all places.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0