[Avodah] Mi Chamocha/Mi Camocha

[Zev Sero]

On 16/12/2010 3:57 PM, shalomyitz at comcast.net wrote:

> Why do we say "Mi Chamocha ba'eilim HaShem"
> but say "Mi Camocha n'edar baKodesh". In other words, why is there a dagesh
> in the first letter of the second kaf-mem-kaf-heh, but not in the first?

So that it shouldn't sound like "Hashem Micha".

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