[Mesorah] P. Metzora 14:6 Hash'chutah

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 07:55:21PM -0400, rabbirichwolpoe wrote:
: RMB:
:> Now, if you say the Radaq's rules contradict those, at least then
:> we're be grappling with two of the same kind.

: Lots of people seem to be aware of a gap between Masorete rules and
: Radaq rules I have a hard time believing that no one has written this
: up in some kind of scholarly paper by now.

I don't see an answer yet in this discussion to my more fundamental
question.

Wheree are the mesoretic rules of grammar documented? Are we referring
to Ben Asher's Diqduqei haTe'amim?
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/dikdukeiHaTeamim.pdf>

Because if we are deducing rules ourselves from the mesoretic text and
notes, how can we say whether the patterns the Qimchis are objectively
right or wrong? Especially since a rule needn't be 100% accurate to
be a real rule. (Between all languages having exceptions to the rules,
and the intentional violations for the sake of derashah or to otherwise
make a point...)

How can we talk about two rule sets contradicting without first being
clear that both positions posit rules and what each of those sets of
rules are?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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