<div dir="auto"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 11:36 Akiva Miller via Avodah, <</span><a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,87,208);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> wrote:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> R' Micha Berger wrote:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> > Taam Elyon has one sof pasuq per diberah.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">></span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> If so, then I count only nine dibros.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">></span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> I can't find a sof pasuq anywhere from "Anochi Hashem" until "Ulshomrei</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> mitzvosai". The word which I *thought* ended the first diberah, namely</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">> "avadim," has a revi'i in Taam Elyon...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">The are different Minhaggim about how to "ta'amate" the first Passuk, and at stake is exactly the question of whether Anokhi should be separated from Lo Yihyeh Lekha.</span></div><div><br></div><div 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"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><div>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,</div><div>Yours sincerely,</div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></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: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></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 19:24 Arie Folger <<a href="mailto:arie.folger@gmail.com">arie.folger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>R'Micha Berger wrote: </div><div dir="auto">› Taam Elyon has one sof pasuq per diberah.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Indeed. That is literally what the Ta'am Elyon is for, using te'amim above the letters for not pausing until the end of every dibberah (OK, and have one er nachts per dibbur)</div><div><br></div><div 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"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><div>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,</div><div>Yours sincerely,</div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Arie Folger<br>Visit my blog at <a href="http://rabbifolger.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://rabbifolger.net/</a><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/01/28/wir-missionieren-nicht-aber-warum-nicht/" rel="bookmark noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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