[Avodah] Why does it matter who blows the shofar?

[Joe Slater]

R Z Sero wrote:

> The mitzvah is to hear, rather than to blow.  Lishmoa` kol shofar, not
> liskoa` bashofar.  [...] Since this is so, why is it that one can't be
> yotzei if the blower is not obligated in the mitzvah?
>

We need to hear the cry of a child, but it makes a difference whether it's
our child (or indeed a child at all). Trumpets summon us to war, but it
makes a difference whether it's blown by a watchman or just some random
trumpeter. The same goes for other similar sounds: it's not just the noise,
but the identity of the person making it.

Joe Slater
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