[Avodah] Changing Havarah

[Jonathan Baker]

RZS:

> No, it doesn't.  Because (unlike many Temanim), we do distinguish between
> patach and segol.  Nor is it "today He destroyed the world", because we
> distinguish between patach and komatz.

Really they don't distinguish between patach and segol?  I remember Israela's
father leining that summer, and segol was aa like "back", while patach was ah
like "father".  Kamatz was aw like "hall", just like Ashkenazis.  (All in 
Northeastern US vowel sounds, of course).

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