[Avodah] Shabbos King

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:17:04AM +0300, D&E-H Bannett wrote:
> I hope it does not make any staunch feminist on the list feel downgraded, 
> but the Rambam, in Hilkhot Shabbat 30 Halakha 2, uses the term Shabbat 
> Hamelekh.  He does not mention Shabbat Hamalka in Mishne Torah

I would like to propose that it rests on whether one has our girsa in
Shabbos 119a of "Shabbos haMalkah", with a hei, or whether R' Chanina is
taken as speaking of "Shabbos haMalka", with an alef. Although perhaps
the Rambam's girsa was further from ours, since the rest of R' Chanina's
quote "Bo'u veneitzi liqeras Shabbos haMalkah" is Hebrew more than Aramaic
-- Aramaic would be "asyon unefaqon" (diqduq?) not "bo'u veneitzei".

In any case, is this a da'as yachid of the Rambam? As I already noted,
it's certainly not what reaches us in the zemiros.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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