[Avodah] SMA or SME

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, July 9, 2007 7:35 am, Dov Kay wrote:
:>>The difference is that the initial letter is an alef, which is
:>> pronounced A, not an ayin which is pronounced E.

: That only makes sense if you apply Yiddish pronunciation, in which the
: ayin is pronounced E....

It is also hilkhos gittin for names that aren't Hebrew. Or perhaps not
Tanakhi. We had a question of whether a kesuvah should spell
"Yaaqovah" with a trailing hei, as per standard Hebrew, or since the
name isn't Tanakhi, it should be with a final alef.

It is those halakhos that comprise the ancestor of Yiddish and Ladino
spelling.

:  But why would you do that?  We don't do it for any other acronyms
: I can think of.

So, while the fact is that there is more fundamental reason to
associate alef with patach than Yiddish, I agree that it's odd to
insist on it for this one case.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

PS: The she'eilah was misplaced, as Divrei haYamim I 4:36 has a
Yaaqovah in the genealogies, albeit as a man's name.

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