[Avodah] shofar tones

[Saul Guberman]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 14:41, <Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org> wrote:

>
> while  shulchan aruch seems to codify length of  tones  [ how many beats ;
> tekiah duration; number of shevarim] ,  it's not  clear  if the  tone
> [should we  say notes to be played]  are codified.  eg    is a tekiah  to
>  be one pure  tone  DAAAAAAH ; or  du-DAAAH-du   ...   same  with
>  shvarim---   an  undulating  sound du-DAH-du  ; or  DAAH ...
>
> is this codified  anywhere?  is it  kehilla -specific  , or  baal tokeah's
> choice ?  is  one  yotzeh  with  an alternative tekiah or  shevarim from teh
> one you're used to?


A friend of mine who is a baal tokeah, Marvin Steifel, has written a dvar
torah/shiur (20 pages with 7 pages of footnotes) on the topic of blowing
shofar.  He sites RAMBAN drasha on Rosh Hashana, that a tekiah must be a
straight,simple sound.

The shevarim & teruah have changed over time & place.  He sites Tosephos
interpretation of Rashi on Rosh Hashana 33B and Moadim Uzmanim by Rav Moshe
Sterbuch who sites the siddurs of Rav Saadia Goan  & Rav Amram Goan; as well
as much anecdotal evidence.

I can send you the pdf if you are interested.

KvCT,

Saul
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