[Avodah] Sim shalom-Shalom Rav

[Lisa Liel]

On 9/15/2011 2:29 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> 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.)

Rav David Bar Hayim, not Chaim b David. And my guess is that Sim
Shelomekha would be the nusah in the Yerushalmi. He tends to pasken
by that. He was actually the one who told me that this was the reason
for the dual nus'haot of Sim Shalom/Shalom Rav and Hashkiveinu. That one
was the nusah in the Bavli and the other was the nusah in the Yerushalmi.
Can anyone confirm or contradict this?

Lisa