Haverim, Has anyone looked at the presence or absence of the holem-vav as an indicator of the origin or age of a portion of text? I'm wondering particularly about Leviticus 1:9,13. Both of those verses contain the "reyakh nikhoakh" (pleasant odor) formula, but one has the holem-vav, one does not. Peace, Pax, Shalom, Salaam, Jay Childs E A Enterprises, Inc.