[Mesorah] L'Mircham Olay (in B'rich Shmeih)

[Zev Sero via Mesorah]

On 22/03/17 19:57, elazar teitz via Mesorah wrote:
> While it is certainly true that "z'mira" means pruning, it also means a
> song -- Even Shoshan lists it as the singular form of "z'mirot."  I
> believe the word is the word used when referring to a particular one of
> the z'mirot on Shabbos; e.g., one asks, "Which z'mira shall we sing?"
>  It was this sense of "z'mira" which RSeth Mandel used.

Then there's the  (I believe) deliberately ambiguous "azamer 
bishvochin", which sounds like it means "I will sing", but as I 
understand it is intended in the sense of "I will prune".

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