[Avodah] Isaac Leeser

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Jan 11, 2008 2:31 PM, Jonathan Baker <jjbaker at panix.com> wrote:

> From: "Stephen R. Simons" <Shimjim2 at comcast.net>
>
> > The Rev. Dr. Isaac Leeser, colonial era Philadelphia rabbi, translit-
> > erated the Shema as "Shmang Yisrael."
>
>
> He was the rabbi at Cong. Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, their Spanish
> & Portuguese synagogue, for over 20 years, so it's not too surprising
> that he transliterated Shema as Shema/nj/.
>
> --
>        name: jon baker
>

And AIUI re: the the portuguese pronunciation is that the NG in ShmaNG is
like shma with a suffix of the sound of NI in onion  or the first na in
manana [n~]

It is a bit softer than Eastern Sephardim pronounce it...

-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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