<div dir="ltr">R'Prof. LLevine write: <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>>
As a fan of all things Ashkenaz, I suggest that the Ashkenaz <br></div><div>> pronunciation is preferable and probably correct. It has the</div><div>> difference between beis and veis, sof and tof!</div><div><br></div><div>Ahah, interesting. And what about gimmel with and with dagesh? Daleth with and without dagesh? ´Het and khaf? Quf and kof? Alef and Áyin?</div><div><br></div><div>The truth is, that nobody has a monopoly on the correct pronunciation, but many communities preserved indispensable parts thereof. Modern Hebrew pronunciation is a nightmare, as it willfully combines all the mistakes that crept in to any community and settles for the lowest common denominator. We should really rebrand it as the Hebrew for Beginners Pronunciation.</div><div><br></div><div>But none of that is germany to your reaction to RMB's comment, RP.LL. RMB's comment about correct Hebrew pronunciation wasn't to elevate one messorah over another, but rather to highlight who cares to pronounce Hebrew properly and who doesn't care as much. And in addition, RMB was concentrating on grammar, for which Mediaeval and early post Mediaeval Ashkenaz mostly had not much interest.</div><div><br></div><div>Shana tova,<br></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><div>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,</div><div>Yours sincerely,</div><div><br></div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Arie Folger,<br>Visit my blog at <a href="http://rabbifolger.net/" target="_blank">http://rabbifolger.net/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>