Pinchas 29:1 · unit 5 — the day’s essential mitzvah is the musaf

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 29:1

The Complete Passuk

וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ יוֹם תְּרוּעָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם׃

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It shall be a day of teruah for you.

Chabad.org — 29:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 4:8

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 4:8

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר פָּפָּא, מִצְוַת הַיּוֹם בְּמוּסָף, אָמַר רַב תַּחְלִיפָא, וּקְרָא אָמַר כֵּן, יוֹם תְּרוּעָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם עֹלָה.

English: It was taught: Rav Acha bar Pappa said, the mitzvah of the day is in the musaf. Rav Tachlifa said, and the verse says so: “a day of teruah shall it be for you, and you shall make a burnt offering.”

Type of Learning

Priority of the additional offering on Rosh Hashanah.

What Is Learned

Musaf is the day’s defining sacrificial act alongside teruah.