Study Sukkah folio 54A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
The Talmud answers: It is not obvious that Rav Kahana’s statement was stated in accordance with the opinion of R' 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 R' Yoḥanan who said: If one heard
The Talmud 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 R' Yoḥanan. The Talmud 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
§ The Mishnah enumerates the number of blasts sounded on Friday during the festival of Sukkot. Among those blasts were 3 sounded when pouring the water libation upon the altar. The Talmud infers: However, the Mishnah is not teaching that the trumpet blasts were sounded when the person carrying the
The Talmud 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 no
The Talmud asks: What is the rationale for the opinion of R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov? The Talmud 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 trump