- prayer book - Why do we use yud, yud? - Mi Yodeya
Possible Duplicate: Double Yud as G-ds Name In the siddur we often do not write out the four letter name of God (yud,kay, vav, kay) but instead write yud, yud Why do we do this? Is this a diff
- How do we know how to pronounce Gods name? - Mi Yodeya
The Rambam in הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים - פרק ארבעה עשר however, informs us that: From the time of Shimon HaZadik they stopped, this practice so that the secret of how to pronounce the Yud-Hey name would remain a secret
- words - Double Yud as G-ds Name - Mi Yodeya
What is the significance of the double Yud used as a stand-in for G-d's name?
- How do I pronounce yod when there is a dot inside of it?
Definitely off-topic, but welcome In case you overlooked it, you also have a dot (known as a "dagesh") in the Yud in your name
- How does one read words with a yud in Targum? - Mi Yodeya
While doing "Shenayim Mikrah" I encounter many words that have a "yud" as second to last letter For example the word "cities" is "קִרְוָיךְ" Is the yud pronounced during reading? I e is this rea
- tefilin - Tying the hand tefillah yud knot to the bayis - Mi Yodeya
I seem to recall seeing in my childhood and alternate way to tie and thread the retzu'ah for an Ashkenazi (inbound-winding) tefillah shel yad With this method, the yud was bound to the tefillah W
- Interchangeable usage of Hebrew letters (such as Beis and Vav, etc . . .
Letters of the Palate: Gimmel, Yud, Kaf, Chaf, Koof Gimmel Kaf: Loi Seileich Rachil="You shall not go about spying" (Lev-19:16 Rashi), although Rachil is spelled with a Chaf, is related to expressions of Rageil (with a Gimmel) such as Hoilchim Lerageil (Judges-18:14) or Loi Rageil Al Lashoinoi (Psalms-15:03)
- grammar dikduk - nach nistar yud, followed by a yud - Mi Yodeya
The yud at the end of בני is not pronounced, it's a nach nistar It does sound like a yud in most Ashkenazic accents, but if the following letter was one of בגדכפ"ת, it wouldn't have a dagesh (first example that comes to my head: בני גד and בני דן at the end of Naso)
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