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1) [line 17] TEKI'AH U'TERU'AH ACHAS HI - (a) Teki'ah and Teru'ah mean the same; i.e. the Pasuk that says "u'Tekatem" means "You shall blast a Teru'ah" (RASHI); (b) the Teki'ah and Teru'ah are part of one Mitzvah (and they must be blown with one breath, without any break between them) (RAMBAN in Drasha)

2) [line 35] L'SALMUDO HU VA - for its teaching; i.e. for a Gezerah Shavah (according to the one who learns it from the blasts in the Midbar)

3) [line 40] DERECH HA'AVARASO - [the Shofar must be blown] in the way that it grows out of the ram's head; i.e. with one's mouth on the narrow end. (Just as the narrow end is on the ram's head as it grows, so too the mouth of the person blowing must be on the narrow end.) (RASHI 27b)

4) [line 44] SHE'HA'CHODESH MISKASEH VO - [the time] in which the moon is covered [and cannot be seen] (as stated in the Gemara above, 20b, that the new moon is hidden from view for 24 hours at the time of the Molad)

5) [line 46] KISREI - Caesarea, name of a port city founded by the Herod, located between Tel Aviv and Haifa

6a) [line 52] KI MISRA B'INISH MILSA - when something [bad] happens to a person
b) [last line] B'REISHA GANACH - in the beginning he makes mournful sounds [(O.F. complainz) doleful, mournful sounds], which are long and drawn out
c) [last line] V'HADAR YALEIL - and afterwards he wails (O.F. receder), whimpering with short sounds

7) [line 4] B'SEIRUGIN - in intervals, with interruptions
8) [line 11] MAVO'OS METUNAFOS - streets or alleys that are dirty [with filth and excrement in them]

9) [line 27] KI (NEHIRNA) [NECHIRNA] LACH - when I grunt to you (Sidur Rashi 165, Machzor Vitri 317)

10) [line 28] CHEVER IR - in a congregation, assembly of the city; in a Minyan
11) [line 38] L'HASDIR SHELI'ACH TZIBUR TEFILASO - so that the Chazan can arrange his prayer, the Shemoneh Esrei

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