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size=2>>>RMF also makes some historical claims that are hard for me to
understand:<BR><BR>1- He says that from Matan Torah until churban bayis rishon
there was<BR>only one havarah. What about sheivet Ephraim, who couldn't say the
/sh/<BR>of "shibolet"?<<</FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2>Some people say it was not a different accent but a speech defect
that was common among the people of Ephraim.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>