[Avodah] Accent on the Right Syllable in Krias Shema

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, January 6, 2008 8:47 pm, R Michael ORR wrote:
: MO REPLY:  The Rema, however, appears to interpret “ta’amim”
: as referring here primarily to the niggun, and says that the
:  Ashkenazi custom is not to say the KSh with ta’amim
: (except for those who are particular – hamedakdekim machmirim).

There is no way to do the nigun correctly without emphasizing the
syllables the notes are supposed to go on. So, trop includes mil'eil
vs mil'ra distinctions, along with punctuation (a meshareis connects
to the next word, other classes of trop are different levels of
disconnect) along with the melody of the chant.

What makes an element of havarah authoritative vs being an error?
Sepharad lumps tav and sav, folds together many of the tenu'os,
Ashkenaz has problems with ayin and ches (although I would argue that
the lack of ayin has to post-date the nickname "Yankl"), etc... Is it
possible that Ashkenazi norm not to be careful on mile'eil vs milera
is similar? That baAH vs BAah is as validly/invalidly ambiguous as
"ach" vs "akh"?

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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