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The Talmud on Rosh Hashanah explores why the shofar is sounded both sitting and standing on the holiday, deriving from Hosea and other biblical verses the practice of sounding additional blasts intended to confuse the Satan and weaken his prosecution of Israel on the Day of Judgment.
וְתוֹקְעִין וּמְרִיעִין כְּשֶׁהֵן עוֹמְדִין — כְּדֵי לְעַרְבֵּב הַשָּׂטָן
