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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">No, they are based on an emended Masoretic text. Very easy: if the printed version disagrees with your theory, have the printer "correct" the next edition<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mesorah <mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Akiva Miller via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 14, 2019 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Simon Montagu<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mesorah] P. Metzora 14:6 Hash'chutah</font>
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<div dir="auto">but aren't our rules of diqduq *based on* the masoretic text? how can they differ?
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 2:20 PM Simon Montagu <<a href="mailto:simon.montagu@gmail.com" id="LPlnk948812" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">simon.montagu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 9:07 PM Akiva Miller via Mesorah <<a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" id="LPlnk128824" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<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> >>>
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<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>
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<div>If I write "colour" and you write "color" is one of us wrong? No, we are just following different spelling conventions.</div>
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