[Avodah] Keil melech neeman

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:34:20PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: How about repeating "ani Hashem Elokechem"?

For the Morrocans, who hold that repetition doesn't ruin the semichah
between Shema and Emes veYatziv, you have a question. But AFAIK they
don't say Keil Melekh Ne'eman anyway. (RtSB, could you confirm?)

For the rest of us, it would mean inserting three words in between
rather than two. Not an advantage.

Side note:

I noted in the past that haKeil haGadol haGibbor vehaNorah could be read
as a noun with three adjectives, or a list of four nouns. I argued that
this showed an intentional lack of distinction between adjective and noun,
to sound like the Moreh for a minute: between accident and essence.

The same is true with Keil Melekh Ne'eman. I capitalized "Ne'eman" to
reflect the possibility that we read it "the Reliable One" rather than
that we are saying He is a reliable King. Not that I believe we should
think of those as distinct options, but as an English speak I find it
difficult to avoid.

:-)BBii!
-mi

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