[Avodah] Sim shalom-Shalom Rav

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 01:34:03PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> I was told that one of them was Nusach Eretz Yisrael and the other was  
> Nusach Bavel, and that the mix was a compromise, much like the two  
> versions of Hashkiveinu.

RRW suggested in past iterations that Ashk inherited a range of versions,
and compromised to try to keep as many as possible. This is why we use
"Oseh haShalom" for the chasimah during 10 Yemei Teshuvah, and both Sim
Shalom and Shalom Rav daily.

According to R' Yechezkel Luger's The Weekday Amidah in the Cairo Genizah,
3 different version of the 18th berakhah of the Amidah were found in the
geniza: the current Ashkenaz Sim Shalom, Sim Shelomekha (which ends either
"oseh hashalom" or in one subvariant "me'on haberakhos ve'oseh hashalom"),
and Shalom Rav.

(Machon Shilo, in their recreation of Nusach EY use "Sim Shelomekha". I
don't know R' Chaim b David's justification of his choice. I did notice
that he pretty consistently ends up with the shorter of the alternatives.
This could reflect personal bias, or perhaps EY had a tendency toward less
repetition and fewer adjectives and adverbs than other areas.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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