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<DIV>"I was delighted to read that R' Penkower read twice despite <BR>his
indisputable proofs that zeikher is correct."</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm sorry to report that this is not correct. Prof. Penkower (my
brother-in-law) believes that it should be read only once and has convinced his
shul to do that. He has told me that he is disappointed that other
shuls do not do so, even when the ba'alei kriah and other experts in those
shuls recognize that there is only one proper way to read the word.
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<DIV>Joseph Kaplan</DIV></BODY></HTML>