Q. Is it better to choose as a Baal Tokea (blower of shofar) someone that is a great expert and knows how to blow the shofar correctly following all details of Halacha, or is it preferable to select someone who is a greater Talmid Chacham, Tzadik and Yerei Shomaim?
A. Poskim disagree, Imrei Dovid and Nitey Gavriel (52: 6) maintain that a Mumche or expert takes precedence.
Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion is that since there are usually many contrasting factors and different conditions in every situation it depends on the case, and it could be either one today in one location but different tomorrow in a different place.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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