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[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:31:39AM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> How?  How does such a tortuous "explanation" make *more* sense than the
> plain meaning, that the Taz clearly understood it to mean?  Why would
> any maamin have a problem with the plain meaning of this story?  If the
> Taz had no problem with it, why should you?

The Taz mentions the story? As I already posted, the fine people at
Biurei Tefilah couldn't find an older source than R' Yaaqov Emden (who
was born 30 years after the Taz's petirah, according to wikipedia).

Bar Ilan couldn't find "peteq" nor "pitqa" in the Taz. Searching for
"Bruch She'amar", there are only pragmatic comments (OC 54:1, 89:2,
132:2).

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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