[Mesorah] Hallel

[D&E-H Bannett]

Late last night, I saved some time by referring to a page in 
R' M. Breuer's book.  As I don't expect that many have the 
book next to their computers, I'll fill in what I omitted 
last night.

The Minchat Shai "corrected" the Tanakh because he notes 
that "if they were both mil'ra' the Radak and other ba'alei 
Mesorah would have mentioned the mil'ra' status of hoshi'a 
just as they do mention the mil'ra' status of hatzlicha. 
The absence of a mesoretic comment on hoshi'ah made him 
change it to mil'eil.

Breuer explains why there is a mesorah on hatzlicha.  The 
word occurs twice in the Tanakh, once mil'eil and once 
mil'ra'.  It appears in Okhla v'Okhla as one of the twelve 
pairs one mil'eil one mil'ra'.

Hoshi'a appears many times, all except this one are mil'eil. 
The absence of a mesorah on the exception is not a permit to 
change it.  The Keter and all the accurate manuscripts as 
well as the much copied Ben Hayyim  Mikraot Gedolot 1625 
Venetzia have both words mil'ra' and both nuns dageshed.


David