Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading

Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading
VA’YIT’RO’TZITZU
Notice the CHTAF-PATACH under the first TZADI. Unusual, but there are many such occurrences of CHATAF- PATACH (CH-P) under non-guttural letters. Three opinions as to how to pronounce them. Minchat Shai and others say to pronounce them like a SH'VA NA. Others say, like a CH-P. Still others say that when the CH-P is under the first of two same letters (as in our example), or when the word relates to eating (TO’CHAL’NA) or blessing (M’VAR’ECH’ECHA), then it is pronounced like a CH-P, otherwise like a SH'VA NA.

Clarification (and correction) - thank you EB and others
Last week, we presented the issue of walking in front of someone saying the Amida,
within 4 Amot (approx. 2-2.3m, depending upon opinion). Unless there is something
blocking between the davener and the walker. That object must be at least 10 t'fachim
(80-96cm) tall and 4 t'fachim wide(32-38.4cm) wide. A regular chair is not enough.
A standard table is just a bit too short. Pillars and shtenders are usually good. We're checking out benches.

Two names with similar structures (one in this week's sedra): BA-S'MAT and A-S'NAT (wife of
Eisav, but also daughter of Shlomo HaMelch) and wife of Yosef. Bos-mat and Os-nat are both
mispronunciations). The SH'VAs are NA, the KAMATZes are GADOL. BA-S'MAT, A-S'NAT

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