[Mesorah] She'ata / Sha'ata

[R. Rich Wolpoe]

«Although I cannot comment on the origin of this particular issue, and whether there was indeed an emendation, there was definitely a move to make (Askenazi) siddurim comply with Biblical rather than rabbinic Hebrew. This was not, however, a project of Maskilim, but predated the Haskalah by more than a century. One of it's prime movers, IIRC, was R. Shabtai Sofer, whose siddur was first published in 1618, and at any rate, was not later than R. Zalman Hanau' Siddur (1725).
Jeremy »

Don't forget Heidenheim

The segol in Gefen is IMHO al pi kabbalah

Prooftext?  Look at ashkenazi nirchos hashachar

Now see eidot Mirzrach Birkot hashahar

Oved
Yodoyim [komatz]
Gover

Biblical Pausal forms abound

Now check Ash sh'moneh esrai. Now seph Amidah. How many pausals?  [Let's set aside Geshem as a secial case]

How many Otoh's?
Yerushloyims?
Etc.

How can Ash'knazim be responsible for those?

Pausals are common to both and fairly common if not downright ubiquitous, except for gefen/goffen and geshem goshem

Eidot mizrach even has moreed hatol with a pausal Komatz!

Good Shabbos


Shalom and Regards, RRW