NETZACH: YESHIVAT HAVERIM – BABYLONIAN TALMUD p62

Said Abayi: “Why may a Shophar that is private property be handled? Because it is sometimes
used for taking up water, to give a child drink; let one that is public property also be allowed to
handle, because it may be used in the same manner.” Furthermore, was it not taught: “As a
Shophar may be handled, so also may the fife be handled?” According to whose ruling is this?
There is no contradiction in all this. The one (that a Shophar may be handled, but not a fife) is
according to the ruling of R. Jehudah. The other (that both may be handled) is according to the
ruling of R. Simeon. The third (that neither should be handled) is according to the ruling of R.
Nehemiah. “And what is a Shophar?” The same as a fife, as R. Hisda says: “Since the sanctuary
was destroyed the names have become changed; a Shophar is called a fife, and a fife is called a
Shophar.”