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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #137 of 613

To sound the shofar in the Jubilee year

לתקוע בשופר בשנת היובל

Parashat Behar בהר · Sefer HaChinuch #331

The verse · Vayikra 25:9

וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפַר תְּרוּעָה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ בְּיוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים תַּעֲבִירוּ שׁוֹפָר בְּכׇל־אַרְצְכֶם

“Then shalt thou cause the shofar to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the day of atonement shall you sound the shofar throughout all your land.”

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The Rambam’s words

To sound the shofar in the Jubilee year, as [Leviticus 25:9] states: "And you shall sound the shofar blasts."

לתקוע בשופר בשנת היובל, שנאמר: "והעברת שופר תרועה" (ויקרא כה,ט).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #331

Blowing the shofar on Yom Yippur of the Jubilee

“It is from the roots of the commandment [that it is] since the sound of the shofar is to arouse the hearts of all people — whether for peace or for war.”

Who & when

“And this commandment is practiced in the Land of Israel at the time that Jubilee is practiced.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee הלכות שמיטה ויובל

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