<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The question may be why we don't say "b'rachamim" instead.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Maybe it's because in both cases- and in the other brachot in which we see this-- we are referring to phenomena/entities that are distinctively His and cannot be compared with any human counterpart/equivalent. Our רחמים is not the same as His.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Dov Kramer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dovgoldie@cs.com" target="_blank">dovgoldie@cs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">No different from "Hamachazir Sh'chinaso l'Tzion."<div><br></div><div>I think the chidush is the "atah," addressing Him directly. We revert to addressing Him in third person after that.</div><div><br></div><div>The question may be why we don't say "b'rachamim" instead.<br><br>Sent from AOL Mobile Mail<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Lori Linzer <<a href="mailto:lorirlinzer@gmail.com" target="_blank">lorirlinzer@gmail.com</a>><br>To: Richard Wolpoe <<a href="mailto:rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com" target="_blank">rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Dov Kramer <<a href="mailto:dovgoldie@cs.com" target="_blank">dovgoldie@cs.com</a>>; dovbbb <<a href="mailto:dovbbb@gmail.com" target="_blank">dovbbb@gmail.com</a>>; akivagmiller <<a href="mailto:akivagmiller@gmail.com" target="_blank">akivagmiller@gmail.com</a>>; mesorah <<a href="mailto:mesorah@aishdas.org" target="_blank">mesorah@aishdas.org</a>><br>Sent: Sun, Jun 5, 2016 10:15 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Boneih (B'rachamav) Yerushalayim<br><br><br>
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<div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">And why not ברחמיך, since it follows אתה?</div></div><div><br><div>On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Richard Wolpoe via Mesorah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="en-US" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:initial"> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;line-height:initial">It's pretty clear that if the word "b'rachamav" is not said between the words "B-N-H" and "Yerushalayim" that it should be "bonay," with a tzeirei."</span></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;line-height:initial"><br></span></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please elaborate </div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In both cases it seems that BN"H is connected to the following word</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">What changes are the opening consonants. </div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Is this due to Bet vs. Yud?</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Or???</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div></div>
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