During Matan Torah, the shofar was heard by the entire nation but who blew it? Was it Moshe? Angels? The text does not specify. Is there midrash to address this?
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Or maybe nobody blew it, there was just this noise of a Shofar which everyone heard, and there wasn’t a literal Shofar at all?– DonielFCommented May 10, 2019 at 20:36
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@DonielF, I remember hearing that it was the horn of the ram at akeidas yitzchak, and that the other one will be blown at the time of moshiach– Lo aniCommented May 14, 2019 at 17:45
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Well, my hunch is correct, at least from one Acharon!!
See Or Hachayim on Shemot 19:19 - "Moshe spoke and God answered him in a voice". According to Or Hachayim, "the voice" refers to the voice of the shofar.
(Keep in mind that this is just one of many interpretations of what the term "voice" is.)
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Shemot 19:19 "The blare of the shofar grew louder and louder. As Moses spoke, G-d answered him in THUNDER." The Torah seems to specify G-d answered Moshe with thunder but doesn't specify the use of the shofar. Commented May 10, 2019 at 22:07
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@Ephraim77, obviously Or Hachayim translated that word differently, then.– msh210 ♦Commented May 11, 2019 at 20:43
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@Ephraim77 The word in the passuk is קול, which literally means “voice.”– DonielFCommented May 12, 2019 at 2:02
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@DonielF You've missed something, I'm afraid. קול could also mean "thunder". See a few psukim earlier when the whole event is introduced. Vayehi kolot ubrakim... There kolot means thunder(s).– DanFCommented May 12, 2019 at 2:27