[Avodah] Shabbos King

[Micha Berger]

A more definitive answer, sparked by the Avodah conversation:
http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:47:27AM -0400, I wrote:
> : I would like to propose that it rests on whether one has our girsa in
> : Shabbos 119a of "Shabbos haMalkah", with a hei, or whether R' Chanina is
> : taken as speaking of "Shabbos haMalka", with an alef. Although perhaps
> : the Rambam's girsa was further from ours...
>
> R Dr Eszra Schwat of the Machleqet Kitvei Yad of Israel's National Library
> ran with the question.
>
> See <http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html>
>
> The use of malkah (with a hei) or malkesa (Aramaic feminine) appears to
> correlate with which locales had access to the Bahir (with the exception
> of the Raavan).
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
>
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