[Mesorah] Chataf Patach

[Noah Witty]

I don't have access to B"A or B"N, but minchas Shai states: Hatzadi 
be-she-va leva-dohbechol sefareinu." (i'm doing this by heart.  I'm 
certain of the first three words only.)
As to R' Bennett's comment:  only groniyot alef-heh-ayin-chet take a 
chatf-anything ina  place that a sheva would have been called for had 
the letter been any other.

We have all seen the raish take it as well, perhaps because it is gronit 
(is it really?). The chatf-patach on yimcha-u is not optional: the chet, 
a groonit,  takes the sheva with difficulty; hence the chataf.  The 
examples below are really a substitute to force the sheva into a na' 
especially when you have two consecutive letters the same and the first 
is sheva.  My copy of michlol of RaDa"K has vayisrotzitzu with a sheva 
only under the first tzadi.

Noach Witty

D&E-H Bannett wrote:
> ben Asher in Dikdukei Hat'amim states that the use of the chataf is 
> optional (kirtzon hasofrim).  As it does not change the pronunciation, 
> the sofer or m'naked who thinks it will help avoiding elision making 
> the sh'va into a sh'va nach will bother to add the patach or kamatz 
> alongside the sh'va.  Those who think it not important will omit.
>
> The m'naked of the Keter ms. put in the chatafim.  The m'naked of  
> ms.Leningrad did not (except the groniot where mispronunciation is 
> more likely).  Both mss. are considered by the experts to be ben Asher 
> style and not ben Naftali.
>
> In so called good chumashim nowadays, Koren,Roedelheim, and Bar-Ilan 
> Keter have the chatafim.  Breuer does not.
>
> I've always had the feeling that Breuer's decision was influenced by 
> his Yekke background.  In Frankfurt, as just noted in a posting re: 
> BorAkhu, the Yekkes made the chataf patach into a strong patach sound 
> even more than other groups. Listen to hallAluyah yimchA'u khaf 
> borAkhu etc. Breuer heard this in his youth before he learned that the 
> chataf is nothing more than a warning not to forget the shva na'. He 
> did not want to perpetuate this pronunciation and considered it best 
> to avoid chatafim except where everyone had them, the groniot.
>
> k"t'
>
> David
>
> An aside to R' Gershon: How is your father, my old friend Ovadia.  He 
> has been silent on the net for a long time.  In our age group, most of 
> us are running down a bit. I hope he is okay. Whenever my wife notices 
> your name in a posting, she asks about him. We old-timers feel that 
> our teen-age friends are close friends forever even if we are 
> thousands of miles apart.
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