Taanit #3 תורה שבכתב

The seeming disconnect between the path of teshuva as presented in Hilchot teshuva which focuses on וידוי and path of Hilchot Taanit whose focus is זעקהdemands a fundamental insight. But where are we to find guidance? From the Rambam it would appear that the insight into צָרָה is to be found in תורה שבכתב. In fact, both Halacha 1 and 2 in the Rambam make direct reference to Pesukim:

Halacha 1
שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר "עַל-הַצַּר הַצֹּרֵר אֶתְכֶם--וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם, בַּחֲצֹצְרֹת" (במדבר י,ט

Halacha 2
כַּכָּתוּב "עֲו‍ֹנוֹתֵיכֶם, הִטּוּ-אֵלֶּה" (ירמיהו ה,כה

Lets us start with Torat Moshe, torah shebictav par excellence.

10:1 Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, 10:2 “Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. 10:3 When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 10:4 If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. 10:5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward. 10:6 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 10:7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound a teruah. 10:8 “The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations. 10:9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound a teruah with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Hashem your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. 10:10 “Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Hashem your God.”

Once we scrutinize the Pesukim our hopes for guidance appear to be dashed. Far from resolving our difficulties, the Torah compounds them. As Rabbi Rosenthal correctly notes in his comments on section #2, it is the trumpets, not even זעקה that constitutes the focus of the path of Teshuva in the Torah. To make things worse, the trumpets are only secondarily used at the time of זעקה! Their primary use is not even for Teshuva at all, but rather for the communication of Moshe with the people. How are we to understand this complete mess? Is teshuva primarily viduy or zaaka? Are trumpets instruments of teshuva or are they instruments for the communication of Moshe and the dor midbar?