[Avodah] shofar and guf naki

[Dov Kay]

<<>From the lengthy footnotes, it seems that the problem is that having 
kavana for
the mitzva is a form of thinking divrei Torah.>>

This argument is problematic, because it would mean that according to the 
Vilna Gaon, that hirhurei Torah are forbidden before birchos haTorah, it 
would be forbidden to do any mitzvas aseh before birchos haTorah, which is a 
problem for those who put on their tallis/tefillin before saying b'rochos, 
which is the common custom.

I think that shofar question is dependent on the chakira (discussed in R. 
Frank's Mikro'ei Kodesh) whether shome'a k'oneh works by putting the shome'a 
in the same position as the shatz/tokeah (ie as if the shome'a had said the 
words), or merely by transferring the kiyum mitzva created by the 
amira/tekiah to the shome'a.

Kol tuv
Dov Kay

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