<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><br></div><div>I've heard both that</div><div><br></div><div>1 the Qimchi Diqduq differs from the Masorete's diqduq</div><div><br></div><div>and</div><div><br></div><div><font face="sans-serif">2. </font>I've heard it's based upon the Mesorah.</div><div><br></div><div>I just don't know enough to know for sure.</div><div><br></div><div>I also asked if there are any books or articles listing where the Qimchis deviate from the Masoretes.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">RRW</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Simon Montagu <simon.montagu@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 4/14/19 2:20 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Akiva Miller <akivagmiller@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: Richard Wolpoe <rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com>, Avodah Torah Discussion Group <avodah@aishdas.org>, mesorah@aishdas.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [Mesorah] P. Metzora 14:6 Hash'chutah </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 9:07 PM Akiva Miller via Mesorah <<a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">R' Rich Wolpoe wrote <<< <span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">3. Since The Masoretic text does not follow our rules of Diqduq, there is no reason to expect a dagesh in that Tes </span> >>><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm having trouble with the clause "The Masoretic text does not follow our rules of Diqduq". If I'm reading it correctly, then either the Masoretic text is wrong, or our rules of Diqduq are wrong. Which?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If I write "colour" and you write "color" is one of us wrong? No, we are just following different spelling conventions.</div></div></div>
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