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size=2>R' Arie Folger writes:</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>>IIUC, what RPhEM was saying was that the Ashkenazi pronounciation
of the <BR>qomatz (ven shoin, denn shoin) has been lost in early European
communities <BR>and was reintroduced from Teverya, where the famous masoretes -
who used and <BR>spread our niqud system - lived. Thus, a
<BR>kind-of-like-the-Latin-"O"-pronounciation of qomatz is correct,
<BR>Teverianically speaking.<<</FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2>It seems to me your suggestion is anachronistic. Didn't the Teverya
masoretes live centuries before there was any real Ashkenazi community, let
alone a distinct Ashkenazi havara? </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>BTW, I have only ever seen the word "masoretes" used in English.
Can someone please tell me what the is the Hebrew word for "masoretes"?
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>