[Mesorah] mis-accentuation (was: 'Tis Chanukka)

[Mandel, Seth]

Anyone who tries to pronounce anything carefully gets funny looks.  You should see the looks I get from the poor people with whom I am davvening shacharis when they hear me actually saying the words in p'suqqei d'zimrah, forget about my abominable pronunciation.   It is as if there is a g'zerat hakkatuv that says you are not supposed to say the words.

I tend to agree with Groucho/Julius Henry Marx in this matter.  To paraphrase, I prefer not to join any shul that would have me as a davvener!


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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From: Mesorah <mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Art Werschulz via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 1:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [Mesorah] mis-accentuation (was: 'Tis Chanukka)

Hi.

> On Dec 20, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Michael Poppers via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
>
> RGD asked:
> > anyone have a tune for shir hamaalos before bircas hamazon with some/any/most of the words can be pronounced correctly? <
> I do, but I don't use it very often :).

It's possible to use the "standard" tune (ABCBAAA,ADEFEDD, and so on) and get the accents right.  Possible, but it takes a bit of practice.  Besides, you're likely to get some funny looks from people.

Art Werschulz
agw at comcast.net



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