<PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">MICHAEL ORR WROTE:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OC 61 deals with the requirement <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">for proper pronunciation of krias shema,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> but unless I am missing something there<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> appears to be an absence of any discussion<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> of the need to put the accent on the proper<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> syllable (as indicated by the masoretic text).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">Can anyone provide an authoritative source<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> for the obligation to put the accent on the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> proper syllable?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">ZEV SERO WROTE:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">61:24 requires saying KSh with the ta'amim<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> as they are written in the Torah.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">The ta'amim are the
accents.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">MO REPLY:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Rema, however, appears to interpret “ta’amim” </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">as referring here primarily to the niggun, and says that the</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> Ashkenazi custom is not to say the KSh with ta’amim </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">(except for those who are particular – hamedakdekim machmirim).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>So I come back to the question whether anyone has an explicit </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">source for the obligation to say KSh with the accents on the </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">proper syllables according to the masoretic text, especially </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">for those words where wrong accents would change the meaning.?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE>