<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr="">So, perhaps Kimchi didn't invent anything, but perhaps he systematized something that did not go back to the 10th century? (In other words, perhaps he "invented" the notion that his pronunciation was part of the mesora?)<br></div><div><br></div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr="">-- Sholom"</div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr=""><br></div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr="">What is in the literature?</div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr=""><br></div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr="">Do</div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr="">eg Minchas Shai or Heidenheim or Dotan or Henau discuss this?</div><div original_font_attr="-1" original_line_height_attr=""><br></div></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>