Derasha 4 on Behar 25:09

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:09

The Complete Passuk

וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֞ שׁוֹפַ֤ר תְּרוּעָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִ֔י בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹר לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ בְּיוֹם֙ הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּכׇל־אַרְצְכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Rosh Hashanah 33b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Rosh Hashanah 33b
וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפָר. תָּנוּ רַבָּנָן, מִנַּיִן שֶׁבַּשּׁוֹפָר תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפָר, וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁפְּשׁוּטָה לְפָנֶיהָ תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפָר תְּרוּעָה, וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁפְּשׁוּטָה לְאַחֲרֶיהָ תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר תַּעֲבִירוּ שׁוֹפָר, וּמִנַּיִן לְשָׁלֹשׁ שֶׁל שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפָר תְּרוּעָה.

English: “And you shall sound a shofar.” The Rabbis taught: From where do we know that it is with a shofar? The verse says “and you shall sound a shofar.” From where a plain [tekiah] before it? The verse says “and you shall sound a shofar of teruah.” From where a plain after it? The verse says “you shall sound a shofar.” From where three of three of three? The verse says “and you shall sound a shofar of teruah.”

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Bavli Rosh Hashanah).

What Is Learned

The required sequence of tekiah-teruah-tekiah and the total of nine blasts is derived from the multiple occurrences of the shofar-teruah language.