[Mesorah] Speaking of Temani customs

[Mandel, Seth]

This is basically what I said, that there is no such Aramaic word, and the form middays is an impossible.
The Academy did not talk about the other factor: knowledge of Aramaic was nil in medieval Europe. Anything composed in Aramaic from that period is full of errors, sometimes quite serious ones. This is not a problem confined to the afterSeder compositions, but covers so many things.
I have said often that Koh Ribbon sung on Friday night contains heretical material in the Aramaic. I hate to say it, but this is one case where it is better that the people who sing it don’t know Aramaic or what the song means. Better ignorance than heresy.


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On April 17, 2019 at 10:16:41 AM CDT, Ira L. Jacobson via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

The question of שלושה עשר מידיא while מידה is a feminine noun is treated at
https://hebrew-academy.org.il/2012/04/03/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%90/
Hint: the word <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hebrew-2Dacademy.org.il_2012_04_03_-25D7-25A9-25D7-259C-25D7-2595-25D7-25A9-25D7-2594-2D-25D7-25A2-25D7-25A9-25D7-25A8-2D-25D7-259E-25D7-2599-25D7-2593-25D7-2599-25D7-2590_&d=DwMFaQ&c=VTwaeXjOsAHot2hQQ0nozrBJwyviuCtydNuGwYGfYiI&r=e6XbAQdGwcl_5FMtQ-t1eA&m=VpNS3cA8nn9qvblpx4pSJRMmZ7PkjscJv9TmHeObFMc&s=VRJMkgUkxiy0zBJfZUjDFlShFFhidiY6tf7HzH7ZljA&e=> מידיא is not Aramaic.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hebrew-2Dacademy.org.il_2012_04_03_-25D7-25A9-25D7-259C-25D7-2595-25D7-25A9-25D7-2594-2D-25D7-25A2-25D7-25A9-25D7-25A8-2D-25D7-259E-25D7-2599-25D7-2593-25D7-2599-25D7-2590_&d=DwMFaQ&c=VTwaeXjOsAHot2hQQ0nozrBJwyviuCtydNuGwYGfYiI&r=e6XbAQdGwcl_5FMtQ-t1eA&m=VpNS3cA8nn9qvblpx4pSJRMmZ7PkjscJv9TmHeObFMc&s=VRJMkgUkxiy0zBJfZUjDFlShFFhidiY6tf7HzH7ZljA&e=>



From the Hebrew Language Academy, the traditional greeting of Temanim from Alhugariya (southwest of Shar`ab) in southern Teman for the hagim:



תוסיפו שנים רבות ומועדים טובים ששים ושמחים בחגיכם ובמועדיכם ובימיכם ובשניכם הטובים.

To which the response was:

בחייך ובימיך הטובים.

To all, מועדים לשמחה.

Ira L. Jacobson

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