[Avodah] Hilchos Kaddish

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re:  <<OTOH Tosafos [and others] presume a Yud in sh'meih to 
mean or imply sheim Kah>>

Why not determine the yud or lack of yud in sh'meih of y'hei 
sh'meih rabba from the usage of that word in the Aramaic 
sections of Tanakh.

The word sh'meih appears seven times without a yud. It never 
appears with a yud. That proves something about the spelling 
of words in Aramaic.

But another interesting OTOH that, however, proves nothing. 
One says yehei shmeih with all his "koach".   Koach in 
gematria is 28.  There are 28 words from yehei to b'alma 
(except for the Gr"a). this is why we say min kol during the 
year and mikol when we add a second l'eila.  And, if we add 
a yud in shmeih, there are 28 letters in the response from 
yehei to al'maya (for those who don't add yitbarakh).


David