#5141 Hearing or Blowing?
Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. If someone knows well how to blow the shofar, should he offer to the shul to be the one to blow? Is there a greater mitzva to blow the shofar, more than just to hear from someone else?
How about if one already heard the shofar in shul, and knows how to blow, should he blow for himself again at home?
Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion is that the mitzva is just to hear the voice of the shofar, as expressed in the Brocho. Some opinions are that it could be considered as a “Tircha shel Mitzva” or the rewarded effort done when performing a mitzva and be wanted and welcomed.
One should not blow the Shofar again when not needed.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: September 27, 2024