<div dir="ltr">R' Alexander Seinfeld wrote:<br><div>> The trop (cantillation) for the 10 Statements (Commandments) is different</div>> when chanted in the congregation than when an individual is chanting on<br>
> his own.<br>
><br>> What is the meaning or reason for this? How is the public trop supposed to<br>
> resonate with the listener differently?<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Very simple, so that each dibbera is one passuk. Which is why those who want to accentuate that Anokhi is a separate dibbera (actually a machloket) do not use ta'am elyon for the first passuk.<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Arie Folger,<br>Visit my blog at <a href="http://rabbifolger.net/" target="_blank">http://rabbifolger.net/</a><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/01/28/wir-missionieren-nicht-aber-warum-nicht/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank"></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>