[Mesorah] Metigah Zakef

[Michael Poppers]

> As these couple of words are with Kamatz Katan, then according to Rav
Mazuz you cannot emphasize them, hence, you cannot emphasize any Metigah.
All the Ashkenazim that I hears so far do emphasize the Metigah.  <
Aharon, I agree w/ the first sentence & not with the second sentence :).

All the best from a member of *b'nei Ashk'naz*, whose family and its
community had one *derech* among many *b'Yisrael*....

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 7:12 PM Aharon Gal via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> This time I will not call it “Kadma Zakef Katon”. The reason is, I did
> some reading, and it is clear that the Ta’am is not a Kadma, because the
> only Ta’am that comes before Zkef Katon is a Munach.
> (i will not go to the differences between Mekurbal and Iluy, that to my
> understanding are two types of munachim.)
> As the only Mesharet is a Munach, then definitely this Ta’am is not a
> Kadma, although it looks like Kadma (also Pashta looks like Kadma).
> I found other names for it such as Makel, Dorban, Mar’e Makom, and Peshat
> Katon.
>
> I read that some call it "Metiga Zakef”. I like this term. Ii see no
> reason to call it metiga Zakef Katon, because Metiha will not come in a
> word with Zakef Gadol.
>
> Do we need to emphasized it or not? I think it’s hard to tell. At least
> for me reading what the Rav”ve wrote in his book “Mishpetei HaTemaim”.
> I learned that most Yemenites do emphasize it.
> Also I learned that HaRav Mazuz, and therefore most of the Jews that their
> families come from Tunis do not emphasize it.
>
> HaRav Mazuz brouht up intersting reason of why he thougt that this should
> not be emphasized.  There are couple of words that have a letter with a
> Kamatz Katan, and above the letter there is a Metiga.
> According to HaRav Mazuz, if you use something like a Ga’ya or any siman
> that tells you to emphasize a letter that has a Kamatz, and after this a
> Sheva, then the Kamatz is not Kamatz Katan, but Kamatz Rachav.
> As these couple of words are with Kamatz Katan, then according to Rav
> Mazuz you cannot emphasize them, hence, you cannot emphasize any Metigah.
> All the Ashkenazim that I hears so far do emphasize the Metigah.
>
> You may ask “why it is there, if we do not need to emphasize is?” Those
> that do emphasize it can say that the reason why it is there is to tell you
> NOT to emphasize it, same as the Siman Raffe tells you that the letter does
> NOT have a Dagesh.
>
> Makes sense?
>
> Aharon
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