[Avodah] Wording of Kaddish

[Arie Folger]

[I notice that the gap between us is getting narrower.]

RMB wrote:
> Except that there was a reason why each talmid thought the Gra was
> maqpid on "zecher" or "zeicher". There was a grammatical theory that
> was his. We don't know what that theory was, and his talmidim's
> opinions might be mesorah or might be ex post facto. The practice of
> saying both, though, is a consequence of knowing a theory exists that
> gives semantic content to the difference; not knowing the content of
> the original theory.

Are you so sure that the Gra had a particular theory about that occurence 
being different from all others? Or did the ma'asseh Rav just remember that 
the Gra said Zehkher, without assuming anything about whether the word 
zeikher also existed. Lacking a Ma'aseh Rav I can only wonder whether the 
theory of the meaning of that word comes from the talmidei haGra, or was 
developed later to justify the double reading. Could those in the know please 
post (please provide documentary references).

KT,
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Arie Folger
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