-----Original Message----- D&E-H Bannett Sent: 2008-09-09 04:05 ... Of late, i.e. last 40-50 years, there has been some return to morid ha-geshem because here is no pause but most carefully preserve the kamatz in morid ha-tal (ha-tol) because there is a pause. > Why does one have a pause and the other not? SBA