[Avodah] Modim Modim

[Jonathan Baker]

RMi:
> 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.

That's the stated reason in Maaseh Rav.  There's a footnote that says
"there are other reasons", which might refer to the idea that BHB"S without
the "vav ha-chibur" is 814 (or 815?), which is the gematria of Shabtai
Tzvi.  But I don't know Naor's source.

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