[Mesorah] Sefardic nusach of brachos

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 10:28:16PM -0400, Joshua Meisner wrote:
: If I understand correctly, the nusach that Sefardim use for the bracha
: rishona on wine is "Borei p'ri ha-gefen", rather than that used by
: Ashkenazim of "Borei p'ri ha-gafen".  At first glance, this seems to be
: identical to the difference in "Mashiv ha-ru'ach u-morid ha-geshem/gashem",
...

Even if one says "hagafen" in the berakhah, there is a strong argument
to say "hageshem" in Shemoneh Esrei. It's the middle of a list, why
should the comma after it be presumed to merit asnachta or sof-pasuq
treatment?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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