תקצה מי שאינו בקי בתקיעות ולא בתפלה ובו ב' סעיפים

One who is not proficient in the shofar blasts or in the prayer

1. One who is not proficient in the order of the Musaf prayer, and also does not know how to blow the shofar, or does not have a shofar, and before him are two towns—one in which they know how to blow the shofar but are not proficient in the Musaf prayer, and one in which they are proficient in the Musaf prayer but do not have a shofar or do not know how to blow—should go to the place where they blow the shofar, even if the shofar blowing is uncertain for him and the Musaf prayer is certain. This is because the shofar blasts are from the Torah, while the Musaf prayer is from the Sages, and a doubt regarding a Torah obligation takes precedence over a certainty regarding a rabbinic obligation.

2. If he is able to go to the place where they pray, and there is enough time in the day for him to later hear the shofar blasts in the place where they blow—such as if it is within the techum, or he can send a non-Jew to bring the shofar here, even from outside the techum—he should fulfill both mitzvos, for the entire day is valid for blowing the shofar. However, he should not first go to the place where they blow and then to the place where they pray, because the time for the Musaf prayer is shorter than the time for blowing the shofar, for ideally it should not be delayed more than seven hours, as stated in siman 286.