Blowing Shofar – for yourself or on Mivtzoim – is a responsibility and mistakes (that are ma’akev) are at times made. After reviewing the halachos, one should have an expert listen to his Tekios, to make sure that it’s being done correctly.
To help you with perfecting your tekios, Rabbi Simcha Werner of Monsey, NY, composed a concise guide of the halachos of Shofar in both Hebrew and English.
Another reference is the tekios of London Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Lew who is known to carefully follow the Rebbe’s tekios:
A comprehensive card explains all the Halachos of how and why we blow the shofar, a must read for anyone who will be helping others to fulfill this Mitzvah.
Approved by Rabbi Boruch Lesches of Monsey.
The Alter Rebbe mentions in shulchan aruch to add a short blast after the trhee sighs. The Rebbe always blew like this, 3 and a half sounds. In fact, occasionally he did FOUR sh’vorim plus the extra half sound. It is said that the Rebbe Rashab always did four plus, and there was always discussion among Temimim whether or not we should copy that.
Thank you for clarifying. I always had the same question as number one
the rebbe writes explicitly in a letter that one should emulate this practice
אף שכן הוא בהנהגות שלעצמו – צע”ג אם כן הוא במה שעושה להוציא אחרים (עכ”פ – גם אחרים) ובמ”ע מה”ת, ובפרהסיא. ועאכו”כ – בתק”ש (ולא בהברכה) שכאו”א מקיים המצוה, והרי שומע השברים באופן כו’. וק”ל.
כותב כאן כ”ק אדמו”ר שליט”א, שמהתקיעות שהיה הרבי תוקע להוציא אחרים יכולים ללמוד גם הוראה לרבים. ושוב שואל איך נהגו לתקוע השברים בביהכנ”ס דחב”ד בכ”מ. ועל כך השיב הגר”י
The Alter Rebbe writes that for tekios meumad (musaf), the shevorim and teruah should be done in two breaths.
By tekios meyushav, there must be a tiny break between shevorim and teruah, although without taking a breath.
While this is not shayach for mivtzoim, it is shayach when blowing for people at home etc.
So only relevant with a minyan.
you’ll hear that the Shvarim is 3 medium sounds plus 2 tiny sounds. Why? isnt shvarim just 3 medium sounds?
each of the 3 shvarim is an up and down sound. So it is really just one sound after the 3 shvarim, not 2
Many people blowing shofar in Lubavitch do only two full shevarim sounds and the third one short like a truah sound. We do add a short sound but that has to be after three full shevorim sounds.
I always wondered if people have still fulfilled the mivtza of shofar bedieved.
Definitey underscores the need for Baalei Tokaoh to review the halachos carefully.
A true professional
השברים בסימן שאילה, כי לא כך תקע הרבי, התרועה צריך להיות קצת יותר מהר