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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2023 · 9 MIN

Hayom Yom 7 Elul - Spelling דכא (Daka) with an Alef

from The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman

אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן הוֹרָה לִכְתּוֹב פְּצוּעַ דַכָּא בְּאָלֶף לִבְסוֹף וְלֹא בְּהֵאThe Alter Rebbe directed that the word דכא in the phrase פצוע דכא be written with an alef at the end, not with a hei.בִּפְראַג יֵשׁ סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה שֶׁקַּבָּלָה בְּיָדָם שֶׁהִגִי-הַּ עֶזְרָא הַסּוֹפֵרIn Prague, there is a Torah scroll which according to local tradition was checked by Ezra the Scribe.אֵין קוֹרִין בּוֹ אֶלָּא בְּשִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה וְגוֹלְלִין אוֹתוֹ תָּמִיד בְּפָרָשַׁת שְׁמַעThey read from it only on Simchas Torah and always roll it closed at the passage beginning Shema [Yisrael]. כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי בִּפְראַג בִּשְׁנַת תרס"ח רְאִיתִיו וְכָתוּב בּוֹ דַכָּא בְּאָלֶףWhen I was in Prague in 5668 (1908) I saw this scroll, and דכא was spelled there with an alef. כֵּן כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי בְּואָרְמס בִּשְׁנַת תרס"ז Similarly, when I was in Worms in 5667 (1907), רָאִיתִי שָׁם סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר מְקוּבָּל בְּיָדָם שֶׁכְּתָבוֹ מוֹרֵנוּ הָרַב ר' מֵאִיר מֵרוֹטֶנְבוּרְגI saw a Torah scroll which according to the tradition of that community was written by Maharam of Rothenburg. וְגַם בּוֹ כָּתוּב דַכָּא בְּאָלֶףThere, too, the word דכא is written with an alef.וְעַיֵּין בִּשְׁאֵרִית יְהוּדָא (יוֹרֶה דֵעָה סִימָן ט"ז) וְדִבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה (יוֹרֶה דֵעָה סִימָן כ"ב). וּבְסֵפֶר מִשְׁנַת אַבְרָהָם (סִימָן ל"ב) מְצַיֵּן כַּמָּה סְפָרִים הַדָּנִים בָּזֶהSee Sheiris Yehuda, Divrei Nechemia, Mishnas Avrohom.Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן הוֹרָה לִכְתּוֹב פְּצוּעַ דַכָּא בְּאָלֶף לִבְסוֹף וְלֹא בְּהֵאThe Alter Rebbe directed that the word דכא in the phrase פצוע דכא be written with an alef at the end, not with a hei.בִּפְראַג יֵשׁ סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה שֶׁקַּבָּלָה בְּיָדָם...

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