<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">REMT replied to me:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> </font><tt><font size=2>I don't
understand your point.</font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> <</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">When REMT wrote...</font>
<br><tt><font size=2><<Probably because unlike Al Hanissim, "v'al
kullam" refers explicitly to the string of v'als in Modim, and is
thus a continuation thereof.>></font></tt>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">...I understood him to be
contrasting the "v'al kulam" of the Amidah with the "Al
haNissim" insertion, saying that the "v'al kulam" referred
back to the "Modim"-stanza "v'al"s (while "Al
haNissim" didn't), and thus I noted that the "v'al hakol"
of BhM also refers back to the "Nodeh l'cha"-stanza's "v'al"s
(while "Al haNissim" doesn't), yet the "</font><tt><font size=2>few
commentators</font></tt><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">"
mentioned by RJJB make a distinction between the Amidah ("Al haNissim")
and BhM ("V'al haNissim").</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">> </font><tt><font size=2>"R'tzei,"
on the other hand, is completely independent of the paragraph which precedes
it, so there is no call for a vav hachibbur.</font></tt><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">
<</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">One could argue that "R'tzei"
shares themes with "Racheim [na]," both in its first half (which
connects with the "v'harvicheinu" section) and in its second
half (which connects with the overall Y'rushalayim & Tziyon theme that
is continued in "Uvnei").</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">All the best from</font>
<br><font size=4 color=blue face="Monotype Corsiva">Michael Poppers</font><font size=4 color=blue face="Verdana">
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