[Mesorah] Shitrei or Shtarei Hovoteinu

[Ira L. Jacobson]

At 08:36 13-07-2009 -0700, Simon Montagu stated the following:
>On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Ira L. Jacobson 
><<mailto:laser at ieee.org>laser at ieee.org> wrote:
>A prime example is kitvei, which derives from ketav.   I don't think 
>any authority finds fault with kitvei haqodesh.
>
>I remember that R EE Wiesenberg zt"l once asked me what perek of 
>gemara I was learning, and I said "Kol Kitvei Hakodesh". He replied 
>that while that pronounciation was common in yeshivot, he had 
>expected that at Jews' College it would be called "Kol Ketavei Hakodesh".

One can only speculate on what the good rabbi had in mind -- perhaps 
he was being sarcastic.  In any event, Barcaly's Lu'ah Hashemot 
Hashalem lists precisely three exceptions to the 
rule:  ketav--kitvei, shetar--shitrei and pesaq--pisqei.



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