[Mesorah] exception to vavei haamudim

[Zev Sero via Mesorah]

On 04/05/17 15:37, Nehemiah Klein via Mesorah wrote:
> But firstly, it seems that the sifrei Torah have both, "two minhagim"
> implies one or the other.

If there's a safek, why not do both?  "Bekah shemo" is a requirement. 
Vavim is not.


> Secondly the footnote of "bekah Shmo at the
> top of an amud" appears in chumashim by "shemor lecha" and not by "shnei
> se'irim", why isn't this more well-known?

Which chumashim?  I just forwarded a chumash that does have it.

And "shoftim veshotrim" is known by anyone who has learned these simanim 
in Shulchan Aruch, even if they skipped the Shach and Taz and learned 
only with Ba'er Hetev.

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