[Avodah] al Hanissim

[Elazar M. Teitz]

<< Baer notes that almost all old siddurim, both Ashkenazic and Sphardic, don't use V'al, but Al.  He notes that even those few commentators (Mateh Moshe and a couple of others) who add the Vav only do so in Benching, where there is a string of V'als.  In Shmoneh Esreh, though, the string of V'als is broken by Hatov ki lo calu rachamecha vehamerachem ki lo tamu chasadecha.>>

<Then whence the continuation "ve'al kulam"?>

     Probably because unlike Al Hanissim, "v'al kullam" refers explicitly to the string of v'als in Modim, and is thus a continuation thereof.

EMT



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