[Mesorah] kodashim

[Michael Poppers]

As was pointed out offline, what I wrote is irrelevant to the situation
under discussion.  RDC's answer, OTOH, is quite relevant.  Thanks.

All the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager

    ----- Original Message -----

    From: Michael Poppers
    Sent: 02/20/2008 01:41 PM EST
    To: "Michael Hamm" <msh210 at math.wustl.edu>; "Mesorah AishDas List"
<Mesorah at Lists.AishDas.org>
    Subject: Re: [Mesorah] kodashim

> A baal k'ria recently told me that kadashim/kodashim has a kamatz gadol
(rachav) at its start, but hakodashim has a kamatz katan.  Is this
correct?  I always thought each had a kamatz katan. <
AFAIK, there is a machloqes hadaqdaqanim if a qamatz in an open syllable
ahead of a chataf-qamatz is a QQ or a QG.

> (And why would the
prefixed he make a difference?) <
Offhand, I don't see why any additional syllable(s) ahead of the open
syllable in question would, ceteris paribus, make a difference.

All the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager
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