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

[elazar teitz via Mesorah]

     There is also an explanation (I believe attributed to the GR"A) that
the zimra in "p'sukei d'zimra" means verses of pruning away improper kavana.

EMT

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Zev Sero via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> 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".
>
> --
> Zev Sero                May 2017, with its *nine* days of Chanukah,
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