s is the rule: all who are not
responsible for a thing, cannot free others from their obligations.

Chapter IV

1. When the feast of New Year happened on the Sabbath, they used to sound
the cornet in the Sanctuary; but not in the provinces. After the
destruction of the Sanctuary, R. Jochanan, son of Zacai, decreed that they
should sound it in every place in which there is a tribunal of justice. R.
Eleazar says, "R. Jochanan, son of Zacai, decreed it only for Jamnia." But
the Sages said to him, "it was all one for Jamnia, and all one for every
place in which there is a tribunal of justice."

2. And again,(308) Jerusalem was privileged above Jamnia, because every
city which could be seen, and the sounding heard, and which was near, and
to which it was allowed to go, might sound the cornet; but in Jamnia they
could only sound it before the tribunal of justice.

3. At first the palm-branch was taken seven days in the Sanctuary, and one
day in the provinces. After the destruction of the Temple, R. Jochanan,
son of Zacai, decreed, "that the palm-branch should be taken in the
provinces for seven days, to commemorate the Sanctuary"; also "that the
whole day of the waving(309) it should be forbidden (to eat new corn)."

4. At first they received evidence of the new moon during the whole
(thirtieth) day; but once the witnesses delayed coming, and the Levites
erred in the chant. They decreed, that they should receive evidence only
till the time of the evening sacrifice; and if witnesses came after the
evening sacrifice, that and the next day were kept holy. After the
destruction of the Sanctuary Rabban Jochanan, son of Zacai, decreed, "that
they should receive evidence of the new moon during the whole day." R.
Joshua, son of Korcha, says, "and again Rabban Jochanan, son of Zacai,
decreed that wherever the chief of the Sanhedrin might be, the witnesses
need only go to the place of its meeting."

5. The order of blessings to be said on the New Year is, "The
Fathers,"(310) and "The Mighty," and "Sanctification of the Name," and
there are comprehended the "Kingdoms" without blowing the trumpet; "The
Holiness of the Day," and he blows; "The Remembrances," and he blows; "The
Trumpets," and he blows. And he says, "The Service," "The Confession," and
"Blessing of the Priests." The words of R. Jochanan, son of Nourri. Said
R. Akivah to him, "if the trumpet be not blown after 'The Kingdoms,' why
are they mentioned?" But the order