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<font size="+1">I noticed that some posters recommended the use of
m'tagim to aid in correct pronunciation. One should realize that
the number m'tagim in the chumashim and tanakhim have varied. The
Mikraot G'dolot Venetzia, 1525 has many in the chumash and much
less in different parts of na"kh. R' Yekutiel Ha-kohen made rules
about the m'tagim which resulted in a large increase in m'tagim as
the Torah was "modified" to meet the rules. R' Shlomo Dubna
removed some. Heidenheim followed R' Yekutiel, R' Mordekhai
Breuer removed some. The Bar-Ilan reconstituted Keter used a
computer to get statistics on m'tagim and removed some more. It
also showed that R' Shlomo Dubna had sometimes removed the wrong
ones. Ohr Torah , R' Menahem De Lonzano, wrote that the Ashkenazi
Tanakhim had much too many g'ayot and he was giving up on the
enormous job their removal. He noted that the Ashkenazim called
them me'teg and he calls yjem, meteg l'chamor.<br>
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On m'tagim, I recommend using the photographed Keter at </font><font
size="+1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.aleppocodex.org/">http://www.aleppocodex.org/</a></font><font size="+1">. As
most of the chumash is missing from the photographed Keter, for a
complete Keter use the Bar-Ilan Keter which can be found at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mgketer.org/">http://www.mgketer.org/</a><br>
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Much has been posted about din d'chik and atei meirachik. It
should be noted that what some call d'chik others call atei
meirachik and vice versa.<br>
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bivrakha,<br>
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David<br>
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