[Avodah] Modim Modim

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, February 6, 2007 7:15 am, R Michael Kopinsky asked about my comment:
:> (Granikim don't say it because the only "Hu" one can give a berakhah to is
:> "Shemo". Once one distinguishes between the two, "Hu" refers to the Ein Sof,
:> for Whom the concept of berakhah is meaningless.)

: What is your mekor for this?

RHSchachter's discussion of RYBS's position (it is usually said, except for
hefseiq when trying to be yotzei their berakhah). Perhaps one of the chevrah
who own RHS's sefarim can let us know if it appears in print.

RJBaker once posted on mail-jewish a reference to R Bezalel Naor,
"Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism" on the Sabbatean gematria of 814. I see he also
mentions the Gra connection, but as an "alternative theory". Perhaps he will
chime in.

In that exchange, a "Seinfeld" asserted the position that the Gra's problem
was that one ran the risk of talking over part of the Chazan's berakhah.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi