[Mesorah] Hallel

[Zev Sero]

On 5/05/2014 1:54 PM, Richard wrote:
> If the target is ancient authenticity, then lich'ora why not include EG [in no particular order]
>
> A. Dead Sea Scrolls
> B. Geniza Fragments
> C. Rashi's version
> D. Septuagint?

A were the product of sectarians, and therefore unreliable.
B may have been put in geniza precisely because they were incorrect!
C we have decided that the Masoretes' research produced a text that's
better than Rashi's.
D isn't even in Hebrew!

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