[HANASHIR:7112] Re: Kiddush - EmPHAsis

[Erik L. F. Contzius <contzius...>]

>A question for you who are ahead of me in Hebrew studies:
>
>I have noticed that various publications of the sheet music for the 
>Kiddush melody differ.  I have seen the emphasis on Shabbat 
>kodSHEcha and have also seen it KODshecha with the emphasized 
>syllable on the longer note(s).  Similarly, there is RAtzon and 
>raTZON.  I have been doing it my way for some time but as I embark 
>on teaching it to the choir I would like to clear this up.  There is 
>a similar difficulty in the Candle lighting blessing, which is 
>written in some publications as l'hadLIK ner and some l'HADlike ner 
>shel Shabbat .
>
>Thanks,
>Rachelle
>

rule of thumb... in a properly notated siddur, a metteg will indicate 
the accent on a word which is mileil (accent on the penultimate 
syllable). if there is no metteg, the emphasis is placed on the 
ultimate syllable (a word like that is called milra). that's the best 
way without getting into a hebrew grammar lesson.

in the example of the kiddush... the word is actually "kodsh'KHA" 
(the word is milra), and the other word is pronounced "uv-raTZON". 
btw, it could NEVER be kodSHEkha because there's a shva under the 
shin!

for the candle blessing, the word "l'hadLIK" is also milra.

hope this helps.

moaDIM l'simKHA (both words, also milra!)

-- 
Cantor Erik L. F. Contzius
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Elkins Park, PA
contzius (at) home(dot)com

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