[Avodah] Shva Na's etc.

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Fri May 17 08:09:44 PDT 2019


On 17/5/19 10:18 am, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 08:47:58PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> : >More significant than notation... There are two different sets of rules
> : >for sheva floating around various siddurim. The Baal haTanya apparently
> : >followed the Razah...
> :
> : I know of no evidence for this...
> 
> I don't think it's compelling evidence either. Which is why I said
> "apparently".

But what is the non-compelling evidence?   The Alter Rebbe never saw the 
US Tehilas Hashem siddur, and was not involved in its production. The 
late LR, who was involved in the production, said publicly that it was 
done in haste and therefore not everything was exactly as it should have 
been. He didn't specifically mention the stars, but on a rush job that 
would have been a very low priority.


> And, FWIW, Seder haAvodah:
> :                                       Tehilas Hashem siddur uses his
> : system only because the siddur from which it was originally
> : copy/pasted in the 1940s did so.    The newer edition printed in EY
> : was completely reset and uses the system taught by R Mottel
> : Shusterman AH, who was the baal korei at 770 and at the LR's
> : instruction taught dikduk at Oholei Torah.
> 
> And still has the Razah's shevas. (According to R Alex Heppenheimer,
> who was one of 3 proofreaders of the new edition.)

No, it does not.  It has very few stars, I think even fewer than Artscroll.


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