## Sukkah Daf 54a

###### Sukkah 54a:1
[Sukkah 54a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:1)

מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: אֲפִילּוּ כְּרַבָּנַן, וּלְאַפּוֹקֵי מִדְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן דְּאָמַר: שָׁמַע תֵּשַׁע תְּקִיעוֹת בְּתֵשַׁע שָׁעוֹת בַּיּוֹם — יָצָא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: It is not obvious that Rav Kahana’s statement was stated in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda. **Lest you say** that Rav Kahana’s statement is **even in accordance with** the opinion of **the Rabbis,** and that he is coming **to exclude** the opinion **of Rabbi Yoḥanan who said:** If **one heard nine blasts in nine** different **hours on the day** of Rosh HaShana, despite the considerable gap between them, **he fulfilled his obligation.** Therefore, the Gemara **teaches us** that Rav Kahana holds in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda alone and he does not allow even a brief pause between the sounds of the *shofar*.


###### Sukkah 54a:2
[Sukkah 54a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:2)

וְאֵימָא הָכִי נָמֵי! אִם כֵּן, מַאי ״וְלֹא כְּלוּם״?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And say it is indeed so** that Rav Kahana holds in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis and he merely comes to exclude the view of Rabbi Yoḥanan. The Gemara answers: **If so, what is** the meaning of the phrase: **At all,** in Rav Kahana’s statement: There is no pause between a *tekia* and a *terua* at all? This indicates that Rav Kahana does not allow even a slight pause between blasts, and that could be only in accordance with Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Sukkah 54a:3
[Sukkah 54a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:3)

עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַחַג כּוּ׳. וְאִילּוּ לְמַעֲלָה עֲשִׂירִית לָא קָתָנֵי. מַתְנִיתִין מַנִּי? רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב הִיא. דְּתַנְיָא: שָׁלֹשׁ לְמַעֲלָה עֲשִׂירִית, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna enumerates the number of blasts sounded on **Shabbat eve during the festival** of *Sukkot*. Among those blasts were three sounded when pouring the water libation upon the altar. The Gemara infers: **However,** the mishna **is not teaching** that the trumpet blasts were sounded when the person carrying the water reached **the tenth stair.** According to **whose** opinion is the **mishna? It is** according to the opinion of **Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Three** blasts were sounded when arriving **at the tenth stair. Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: Three** blasts were sounded when pouring the water libation **upon the altar.**


###### Sukkah 54a:4
[Sukkah 54a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:4)

הָאוֹמֵר לְמַעֲלָה עֲשִׂירִית — אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְהָאוֹמֵר עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ — אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר לְמַעֲלָה עֲשִׂירִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: **The one who says** that the trumpets were sounded upon arriving **at the tenth stair does not say** that they sounded the trumpets when pouring the water libation **upon the altar; and the one who says** that they sounded the trumpets when pouring the water libation **upon the altar does not say** that the trumpets were sounded upon arriving **at the tenth stair.**


###### Sukkah 54a:5
[Sukkah 54a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:5)

מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב? כֵּיוָן דְּתָקַע לִפְתִיחַת שְׁעָרִים, לְמַעֲלָה עֲשִׂירִית לְמָה לִי דְּתָקַע? הַאי לָאו שַׁעַר הוּא! הִלְכָּךְ, עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עֲדִיף. וְרַבָּנַן סָבְרִי: כֵּיוָן דְּתָקַע לְמִילּוּי הַמַּיִם, עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לְמָה לִי? הִלְכָּךְ, לְמַעֲלָה הָעֲשִׂירִית עֲדִיף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is the rationale** for the opinion **of Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov?** The Gemara answers: **Since he sounded** the trumpet **for the opening of the gates, for what do I** need **to sound** it again when arriving **at the tenth stair? That is not a gate. Therefore,** it is **preferable** to sound the trumpets when pouring the water libation **upon the altar. And the Rabbis hold that since he sounded** the trumpets **for the filling** of the vessel with **the water, why do I** need an additional trumpet blast when pouring the water libation **upon the altar? Therefore, it is preferable** to sound the trumpets when arriving **at the tenth stair.**


###### Sukkah 54a:6
[Sukkah 54a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:6)

כִּי אֲתָא רַבִּי אַחָא בַּר חֲנִינָא מִדָּרוֹמָא, אַיְיתִי מַתְנִיתָא בִּידֵיהּ: ״וּבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים יִתְקְעוּ בַּחֲצוֹצְרוֹת״, שֶׁאֵין תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״יִתְקְעוּ״, שֶׁכְּבָר נֶאֱמַר ״וּתְקַעְתֶּם בַּחֲצוֹצְרוֹת עַל עוֹלוֹתֵיכֶם וְעַל זִבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵיכֶם״. וּמָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״יִתְקְעוּ״ — הַכֹּל לְפִי הַמּוּסָפִין תּוֹקְעִין. הוּא תָּנֵי לַהּ, וְהוּא אָמַר לַהּ: לוֹמַר שֶׁתּוֹקְעִין עַל כׇּל מוּסָף וּמוּסָף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **When Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina came from the south** of Eretz Yisrael, from Judea, **he brought a *baraita* with him** that he received from the Sages there. It is written: **“And the children of Aaron, the priests, will sound the trumpets”** (Numbers 10:8). There is **no** need for **the verse to state: “Shall sound,” as it is already stated: “And you shall sound the trumpets for your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings”** (Numbers 10:10). **And what** then is the meaning when **the verse states: “Shall sound”?** It appears to be teaching a new *halakha*; it is **all according to the additional offerings** that **one sounds** trumpet blasts. The Gemara notes: Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina **teaches** the *baraita*, **and he said its** explanation: The verse comes **to say that one sounds** trumpet blasts **for each and every additional offering** in and of itself.


###### Sukkah 54a:7
[Sukkah 54a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:7)

תְּנַן: עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַחַג הָיוּ שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה. וְאִם אִיתָא, לִיתְנֵי: שַׁבָּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַחַג מַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ חַמְשִׁין וְחַד! אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: לְפִי שֶׁאֵין תּוֹקְעִין לִפְתִיחַת שְׁעָרִים בְּשַׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **We learned** in the mishna: On **Shabbat eve during the festival** of *Sukkot* **there were forty-eight** blasts, and that was the highest number of blasts sounded on any day in the Temple. **And if it is so,** Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina says: **Let** the mishna **teach** the case of **Shabbat during the Festival,** when **you find** that there are **fifty-one** blasts, including additional blasts for the additional offerings of Shabbat. **Rabbi Zeira said:** Although based on the *baraita* taught by Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina there would indeed be additional blasts for the additional offerings of Shabbat, they would total forty-eight blasts, **because one does not sound** the three blasts **for the opening of the gates on Shabbat;** those blasts were merely a signal.


###### Sukkah 54a:8
[Sukkah 54a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:8)

אָמַר רָבָא: מַאן הַאי דְּלָא חָשׁ לְקִימְחֵיהּ! חֲדָא: דִּ״בְכׇל יוֹם״ תְּנַן, וְעוֹד: אִי נָמֵי כַּהֲדָדֵי נִינְהוּ, לִיתְנֵי שַׁבָּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַחַג הָיוּ שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה, דְּשָׁמְעַתְּ מִינַּהּ תַּרְתֵּי: שָׁמְעַתְּ מִינַּהּ דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב, וְשָׁמְעַתְּ מִינַּהּ דְּרַבִּי אַחָא בַּר חֲנִינָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: Who is this who is not concerned about the flour** that his mill is producing, i.e., who is making unconsidered statements? **First,** the mishna contradicts the explanation of Rabbi Zeira, as, with regard to the order of the blasts, including those for the opening of the gates, **we learned** that this was the practice **each day,** including Shabbat. **And furthermore, even if they are equal to each other,** i.e., the same number of blasts were sounded on Shabbat during the Festival and on Friday during the Festival, **let** the mishna **teach:** On **Shabbat during the Festival there are forty-eight** blasts. **You would learn two** matters **from** that case: **You would learn from it that** the mishna is in accordance with the opinion **of Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov** that the trumpets are not sounded at the tenth step but when pouring the water libation upon the altar. **And you would learn from it** that *halakha* **of Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina,** that the trumpet is sounded for each and every additional offering.


###### Sukkah 54a:9
[Sukkah 54a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:9)

אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: לְפִי שֶׁאֵין תּוֹקְעִין לְמִילּוּי מַיִם בְּשַׁבָּת, דְּבָצְרִי טוּבָא. וְלִיתְנֵי נָמֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת, דְּהָא אִיכָּא תְּלָתָא מוּסָפִין: מוּסָף דְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, מוּסָף דְּרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, מוּסַף דְּשַׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava said:** The reason that the number of offerings on Shabbat during the Festival does not exceed forty-eight is **because one does not sound** the trumpet **for filling** the vessels with **water on Shabbat,** as the mishna stated that they did not draw water from the Siloam pool on Shabbat. Therefore, the blasts sounded on Shabbat during the Festival **were considerably fewer** than those sounded on Friday. The Gemara asks: **And let** the mishna **also teach** the case of **Rosh HaShana that occurs on Shabbat, as** in that case **there are three additional offerings:** The **additional offering of Rosh HaShana,** the **additional offering of the New Moon,** and the **additional offering of Shabbat.** The total would be forty-eight blasts. The fact that the mishna did not cite this case indicates that it is contrary to the opinion of Rabbi Aḥa bar Ḥanina.


###### Sukkah 54a:10
[Sukkah 54a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:10)

עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַחַג אִיצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ, לְאַשְׁמֹעִינַן כִּדְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב. אַטּוּ מִי קָאָמַר — לִיתְנֵי הָא וְלָא לִיתְנֵי הָא? לִיתְנֵי הָא וְלִיתְנֵי הָא! תְּנָא וְשַׁיַּיר. מַאי שַׁיֵּיר דְּהַאי שַׁיַּיר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects that conclusion. The reason that the mishna did not cite the case of Rosh HaShana is that the *tanna* held that the case of **Shabbat eve during the Festival is necessary** in order **to teach** that the *halakha* is **in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov** that one does not sound the trumpet at the tenth stair. The Gemara asks: **Is anyone saying: Let** the *tanna* **teach this** case **and let him not teach that** case? **Let him teach this** case **and let him teach that** case, as there is a novel element in each. The Gemara answers: The *tanna* did not list all the possible cases; **he taught** one case **and omitted** others. The Gemara asks: **What** other case **did he omit, that he omitted** this case of Rosh HaShana as well? While the *tanna* does not typically list all relevant cases, if there are only two that are relevant, he typically cites them in the mishna.


###### Sukkah 54a:11
[Sukkah 54a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/54a:11)

שַׁיַּיר עֶרֶב הַפֶּסַח.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **He omitted** the case of **Passover eve.** The Paschal lamb was sacrificed in three shifts. When the Paschal lamb was sacrificed they would recite *hallel*, and the recitation of *hallel* was accompanied by three blasts. Due to the great number of Paschal lambs sacrificed, they would often recite *hallel* three times during each shift. Consequently, there could be as many as twenty-seven additional blasts sounded on that day. Added to the twenty-one blasts sounded each day, the total is forty-eight blasts.