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<p class="ContentPasted1">This year (5784), the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbos. Although that may not sound so remarkable in of itself (as statistically speaking, this actually occurs over 25% of the time),<a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn1" title="" id="OWA30cd2ef7-9fe7-cc91-533e-fe3c16258087" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1">[1]</a>
it actually will cause several <em class="ContentPasted1">halachic</em> and <em class="ContentPasted1">
minhagic</em> (if that is a word) shifts.</p>
<p class="ContentPasted1">The first deviation from the norm is that the Shofar will not be sounded on the first (Biblical) day of Rosh Hashana, but rather only on the second (Rabbinic) day. The reason given for this ‘silencing of the Shofar’ is the remarkable
<em class="ContentPasted1">Gezeira</em> of Chazal that one may come to mistakenly carry a Shofar out of the permitted area on this Shabbos in order to learn how to properly blow it.<a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn2" title="" id="OWA93d721a8-647f-c22c-d48f-75a16cc605e5" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></a>
Whenever Shabbos Rosh Hashana occurs, we are collectively astounded as to the strength of this extraordinary
<em class="ContentPasted1">Gezeira</em> – for all of Klal Yisrael desisting from performing an outright Mitzva
<em class="ContentPasted1">Deoraysa</em> simply due to a far-out possibility of one person unwittingly and unintentionally transgressing another – that of
<em class="ContentPasted1">Hotza’ah</em> – carrying, especially in an age when many of us have
<em class="ContentPasted1">Eruvin</em><a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn3" title="" id="OWA7c1fc165-ca5f-7b4b-9db7-9f8386771b14" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup></a> [a.k.a. ‘<em class="ContentPasted1">Eiruvs’</em>] (and thus technically,
the issue moot), is simply incredible.</p>
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Yet, there is an alternate, and perhaps more appropriate way to view this situation. Not sounding the shofar on Shabbos Rosh Hashana as per
<em class="ContentPasted2">Gezeiras Chazal</em> showcases to us all that <em class="ContentPasted2">
Kedushas HaShabbos</em> is of paramount importance in all that we do – and yes, even to the extent of pushing off a precious, once-a-year (OK, twice-a-year) Mitzva
<em class="ContentPasted2">Deoraysa</em>.<sup><a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn4" title="" id="OWA419b7974-aa43-5413-fe60-c5c0ca8eabc9" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2"><sup>[4]</sup></a></sup> Several of our Rabbinic luminaries, including the
<em class="ContentPasted2">Chasam Sofer</em>, the <em class="ContentPasted2">Aruch LaNer</em>, and
<em class="ContentPasted2">Ben Ish Chai</em>, stressed that in a way, a year like ours is a gift<a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn5" title="" id="OWAd286d4e1-6e81-60b4-4c15-0daffcf35d22" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2"><sup><sup>[5]</sup></sup></a> – that
not blowing the shofar due to Shabbos credits us with whatever spiritual gain we would have obtained had we been able to blow the shofar.<a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn6" title="" id="OWA30c9c6f9-fe88-d27d-dff1-ce5a0324fd96" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2"><sup><sup>[6]</sup></sup></a>
Yet, there is a caveat – we need to show how much we honor, respect, and delight in our Shabbos observance in order to properly reap the spiritual rewards of a Shabbos Rosh Hashana.<a href="https://ohr.edu/11371#_edn7" title="" id="OWA1e9033c0-cdb4-62a0-9b89-852abffe6404" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2"><sup><sup>[</sup></sup></a></div>
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