[Mesorah] Another term

[Mandel, Seth]

I meant "in the first person plural, referring to "our chevra..."


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
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The Orthodox Union

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From: Mesorah <mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 8:32 AM
To: Yitzchak M. Gottlieb; mesorah at aishdas.org
Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Another term


very true.

I was referring to the term in the second person meaning "our chevra" as opposed to other groups.  I believe that that is a neologism coined by the Ba'al haTanya.


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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From: Yitzchak M. Gottlieb <zukigottlieb at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:31 PM
To: mesorah at aishdas.org
Cc: Mandel, Seth
Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Another term

On Jun 5, 2018, at 15:49, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> Another term that does not go back a long time is "אנ'ש/אנשי שלומנו".  I have seen the term first used by the Alter Rebbe of Chabad in some of his letters.  If anyone knows of earlier sources, I would appreciate hearing about them.

At the risk of stating the obvious (a hobby of mine :):  While I don’t know of a source for the third person, the second person appears a number of times in תנ״ך as in עובדיה א׳ ז, and the first person singular in תהילים מ״א. It seems a natural extension.

Zuki

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