[HANASHIR:9688] Re: Mi Chamocha grammar

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In a message dated 8/31/01 10:55:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
acurry (at) san-carlos(dot)rms(dot)slb(dot)com writes:

<< I don't know about the grammar, but, for what it's worth, there is a
 midrash concerning the reason for the difference.  As b'ney Israel were
 marveling about making it through the sea, they recalled walking into the
 water.  As the water got deeper and deeper, the "kh" sound became unsafe to
 make, but the hard "k", being made with the throat completely closed, would
 not allow any water to pass into their lungs. >>

Great midrash I have used often - until the day my then 12 year old son 
pointed out that in the second syllable of "Kamocha" we still have a "ch" so 
B'nei Yisrael would have been opening their mouths anyway!

Shabbat shalom to all,
Iris Petroff

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