{"id":9359,"date":"2014-03-18T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewishaction.com\/?p=9359"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:17:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:17:58","slug":"fighting-taf-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/humor\/fighting-taf-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting the Taf Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"taf<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

By Jack Abramowitz<\/i><\/p>\n

Shabbos.<\/p>\n

There, I said it. Shabbos. Sukkos. Shavuos. Mitzvos<\/i>. Matzos<\/i>. Shalosh seudos<\/i>. Baba Basra<\/i>. It feels good to get that off my chest.<\/p>\n

Readers may not realize how much I\u2019m getting away with here, because at the Orthodox Union the convention is to publish those words as Shabbat, Sukkot, mitzvot<\/i>, et cetera.* This is a battle I have fought many times over the years. As editor of the OU Torah section of the OU web site, I win some (see \u201cHaShoneh Halachos\u201d1<\/sup> on OU Torah) and I lose some (see \u201cMishna Yomit\u201d2<\/sup> on the same site).<\/p>\n

I have heard tales of Sepharadic Jews feeling marginalized by the Ashkenazic majority; that\u2019s how I feel when it comes to my pronunciation. Somehow the fact that I call a citron an \u201cesrog\u201d means that I must love Israel less (because Sepharadic pronunciation has been adopted in Israel) or that I\u2019m a fundamentalist (because those perceived to be fundamentalists often use the Ashkenazic pronunciation).<\/p>\n

Differences in dialect\u2014and fighting about them\u2014are nothing new. In the Book of Judges, chapter 12, we are told of a minor civil war against the Tribe of Ephraim. The people of Gilad identified Ephraimites who were trying to flee by asking them to pronounce the word \u201cshibboleth<\/i>,\u201d meaning a stream. The Ephraimites pronounced it \u201csibboleth<\/i>,\u201d (since they could not pronounce the \u201csh\u201d sound), giving themselves away and thereby falling into the hands of the Giladites.<\/p>\n

Well, at least no one has come after me with a sword for saying \u201cMegillas Rus<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upbringing aside\u2014or, perhaps because of it\u2014I just don\u2019t understand the Sepharadic pronunciation. A beis<\/i> is different from a veis<\/i>. A kaf <\/i>is different from a chaf<\/i>. A pei<\/i> is different from a fei<\/i>. So why should a taf <\/i>and a saf <\/i>be the same? A dagesh<\/i> (the dot sometimes found in Hebrew letters) has many functions. It can double a letter; for example, a dagesh<\/i> in the gimmel<\/i> makes the word \u201cHaggadah<\/i>,\u201d properly transliterated with two g\u2019s. In a \u201cmapik hei<\/i>,\u201d the dagesh<\/i> makes the vowel precede the letter hei<\/i>, e.g., \u201cElo-Ah\u201d rather than \u201cElo-Ha\u201d in Hallel. But what purpose does the dagesh<\/i> serve in the last letter in Hebrew if it is always pronounced like a t?<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the issue of the kamatz<\/i>, the little t-shaped vowel that Ashkenazim pronounce \u201caw\u201d and Sepharadim pronounce \u201cah.\u201d The pasach<\/i> (the straight line) is already pronounced \u201cah.\u201d Since the vowel symbols, like the trope marks, were designed by the Masoretes3<\/sup> as an aid to reading the Torah, why would they come up with two vowels to represent the same sound? And how would they determine where to put each one?<\/p>\n

Sharing my personal befuddlement is not meant to disparage Sepharadic pronunciation, which is a legitimate, accepted form of the language\u2014but so is Ashkenazic! Can I feel some love in return?<\/p>\n

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein addressed this matter several times. In Iggeros Moshe<\/i> (Orach Chaim<\/i> 3:5), he writes that both pronunciations are acceptable in halachah to those who use them. As an example, he discusses the chalitzah <\/i>ceremony, used to dissolve the bond between a widow and her deceased husband\u2019s brother. This ceremony must be performed in Hebrew to be considered valid. A woman who performed chalitzah<\/i> using one pronunciation would still be considered separated from her brother-in-law, even to members of a community that uses the other. Nevertheless, since we have no way of knowing which modern pronunciation most closely approximates the way our forefathers spoke, Rav Moshe rules that one is absolutely forbidden to change his pronunciation in prayer from the way his family says it. It is not permitted to reject one\u2019s received tradition in favor of another practice that is not necessarily more accurate.<\/p>\n

In a recent debate on this topic, a colleague asked me if I really thought that my pronunciation was the most authentic. I informed him that I do not. (Surprised?) Honestly, I think that the Yemenite pronunciation\u2014from which we get \u201cbrith milah,\u201d \u201ckashruth\u201d and \u201cbeth Israel\u201d\u2014is probably closer to the mark than either the Sepharadic or the Ashkenazic pronunciation.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, what\u2019s important is that Hebrew is Lashon Hakodesh\u2014the Holy Language\u2014which is most suitable for Torah study and prayers, however one pronounces it.<\/p>\n

So forgive me if I feel a little strongly about this matter. I don\u2019t begrudge others their \u201cmetivta<\/i>\u201d or their \u201cpat Yisrael<\/i>,\u201d so please don\u2019t try to take my kesubos away.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Jack Abramowitz is the editor of the OU\u2008Torah section of the OU web site. He is the author of five books, including <\/i>The Tzniyus Book. His latest work,<\/i> The Taryag Companion, is available from OU Press as well as on Amazon.<\/i><\/p>\n

*Author\u2019s note: The entire point of this article is how authors feel when editors change transliterations, attributing to us pronunciations that we ordinarily would not use. The topic of this piece notwithstanding, Jewish Action <\/i>is insisting on the four-syllable \u201cSepharadic\u201d for this piece rather than \u201cSephardic,\u201d which I would actually say. The irony is not lost on me.<\/p>\n

*Editor\u2019s Note: This magazine\u2019s policy has always been to use Sepharadic pronunciation unless an author is known to use Ashkenazic pronunciation.<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cHaShoneh Halachos\u201d is an OU Torah e-mail program run by the author (sign up today at www.ou.org\/torah\/halacha-series\/hashoneh-halachos), whose name comes from a Talmudic dictum. It means \u201cthe one who learns Jewish laws.\u201d Alternately, \u201cHaShoneh Halachot.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Mishna Yomit is another OU Torah program, which features a daily teaching from the Mishnah.<\/p>\n

3. Masoretes were ancient scribes who devised the system of vowels and trope, and set the definitive Biblical canon called the Masoretic Text.<\/p>\n

To see a related article on this topic, \u00a0visit http:\/\/jewishaction.com\/03\/2014\/real-story-hebrew-pronunciation\/.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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