<div dir="ltr">A more definitive answer, sparked by the Avodah conversation:<div><a href="http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html">http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html</a>.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Micha Berger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:47:27AM -0400, I wrote:<br>
: I would like to propose that it rests on whether one has our girsa in<br>
<div class="im">: Shabbos 119a of "Shabbos haMalkah", with a hei, or whether R' Chanina is<br>
: taken as speaking of "Shabbos haMalka", with an alef. Although perhaps<br>
</div>: the Rambam's girsa was further from ours...<br>
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R Dr Eszra Schwat of the Machleqet Kitvei Yad of Israel's National Library<br>
ran with the question.<br>
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See <<a href="http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html" target="_blank">http://imhm.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-awareness-on-shabbat.html</a>><br>
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The use of malkah (with a hei) or malkesa (Aramaic feminine) appears to<br>
correlate with which locales had access to the Bahir (with the exception<br>
of the Raavan).<br>
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-Micha<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><i>Shetir'u Batov</i>!<br>-Micha<br><br><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">--</span><br style="font-family:courier new,monospace">
<span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Micha Berger You cannot propel yourself forward</span><br style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org" target="_blank">micha@aishdas.org</a> by patting yourself on the back.</span><br style="font-family:courier new,monospace">
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