[Mesorah] Looking for Common Denominators

[Ira L. Jacobson]

At 15:12 22-02-12 +0000, you stated:
>  It seems that the first siddur to change the segol to a patach was 
> that of R' Shabbetai Sofer (1615).  It was copied by the siddur of 
> R' Eliyahu ben R' Azriel of Vilna (1704). And from there it spread 
> and became accepted by all nusach Ashkenaz.

If the reference is to geshem / goshem, didn't you mean "change the 
segol to a qamatz"?



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