[Mesorah] Ner Tamid

[Sholom Simon via Mesorah]

At 01:49 PM 2/27/2015, Michael Poppers wrote:
>A tipcha immediately prior to 
>higher-level-mafsiq sof-pasuq/silluq is close to being a m'shareis

I thought that was the case only when the entire 
second part of the pasuk (meaning, everything 
after the esnachta) consisted of only two words.

-- Sholom



>  (not in re to elision of a dageish qal, but in 
> re to a possible understanding of the phrase); 
> another example of many can be found in next 
> week's sedra (also the ta'anis-tzibbur 
> reading), "vayiqra v'sheim H'" -- many 
> commentators apparently take the trop strictly 
> in considering H' the subject (see ibn Ezra, 
> RaShBaM, and S'forno), while RaShY, quoting 
> Targum, considers MRAH the subject (which would 
> certainly be the most-likely p'shat if the word 
> was "b'sheim", as it would be if the tipcha was 
> on "vayiqra").  As an exercise, look through 
> last week's and this week's readings for 
> s'michus phrases that span a tipcha....
>
>A gut'n Shabbes/Shabbas Shalom
>and all the best from
>Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA
>
>On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Sholom Simon 
>via Mesorah 
><<mailto:mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
>In the first pasuk of Tetzavah (Shemos 27:20), 
>the last three words talk about lighting the ner 
>tamid (27:20).  The Sifre (Beha'alos'cha, 59) 
>draws from that the common understanding, that 
>the ner should burn continuously.
>
>However, there is a tipcha under the word 
>"ner."Â  Rashi seems to interpret the pasuk al 
>pi the trop, as he says that the verse means: to 
>light the ner, continually (i.e., it must be lit 
>every night) -- although Rashi doesn't prove his 
>assertion with trop, rather, he gives other 
>examples of Torah's use of the word "tamid."
>
>Am I understanding this correctly?  If so, does 
>anyone have any thoughts about this observation?
>
>Good shabbos!
>
>-- Sholom
>
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