[Avodah] Yekum Purkan

[Zev Sero]

Richard Wolpoe wrote:

> But the truth be told, this is not a black and white issue.  E.G. Rashi 
> seems convinced that his Mesorah is from Bavel over Israel.

It was.  His mesorah was from Rabbenu Gershom, who went to study in
Bavel, and brought the Bavli derech back to Europe with him.  Or so I
have gathered from random reading - perhaps I'm mistaken.

In other news I must modify a previous comment of mine on this subject.
I had pointed out the oddity (to me) that Ashkenazim whose minhagim
are supposed to be from EY say Yekum Purkan in Aramaic, while Sefardim
whose minhagim are supposed to be from Bavel say an equivalent bracha
in Hebrew.  This Shabbos I had another look at the Sefardi equivalent
of YP, and noticed that it does break into Aramaic for about two lines
in the middle, and then switches back to Hebrew.  I don't think this
substantially alters my wonder, but it is worth mentioning.

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