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  • From: rosewalk AT concentric.net
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gemar Hatimah Tovah
  • Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:48:38 -0400

Let's not forget the Yemenite pronunciation - with a soft "g", with the accent on that "g", and not on the "mar", hence gEmar

Shoshanna


1. I have never heard it pronounced gEmar, only gmar.


That's because you're spending your life in Galut, where you hear Ashkenazi pronunciation. I'm sure there's a Sefardi synagogue in your area.





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