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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 67: Positive Commandment 59

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Important Message Regarding This Lesson

The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.

Positive Commandment 59 (Digest)
Blowing Trumpets

"On the day of your joy, on your holidays and on the heads of your months you shall blow with trumpets"Numbers 10:10.

We are commanded to blow trumpets while the sacrifices offered on special dates were being offered in the Holy Temple.

We are also commanded to blow trumpets during times of distress, to accompany our prayer to G‑d.

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You have a cup full of oil in your hand; if a drop of water falls into it, a corresponding drop of oil spills out. In the same way, if a word of Torah enters your heart, and word of mockery correspondingly exits from it; if a word of mockery enters your heart, a word of Torah exits from it
  –Midrash Rabbah, Song of Songs 1
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