[Avodah] Zman Sinchaseinu Redux - An interesting Rema

[Simon Montagu]

On 10/11/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
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> Close: Ashkenazi sifrei Torah use Kesav BY, Sepharadim use Vellish,
> Chassidim use BY as modified by notes based on the Ari. (Close in that
> Vellish's very name implies some origin in Yiddish-speaking lands,
> but not the Rama...)


I don't follow the logic of this: AIUI (and Yiddish is certainly not my
strong suit) "Vellish" is Yiddish for "foreign" (cognate to "Welsh"), which
davka implies origin *outside* Yiddish-speaking lands.
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