Comments on: The Etymology of davenen http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-etymology-of-davenen Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Menachem Mendel Tue, 27 May 2008 00:38:40 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/#comment-813 Thanks for pointing out that it is a schwa. I found some other unicode goodies <a href="http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/codehtml.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for pointing out that it is a schwa. I found some other unicode goodies here.

]]> By: Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) Mon, 26 May 2008 12:40:54 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/#comment-812 The rotated "e" is called a schwa — if you want one you can cut-and-paste it from here: (assuming it goes through properly) ə The rotated “e” is called a schwa — if you want one you can cut-and-paste it from here:
(assuming it goes through properly)

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]]> By: Wolf2191 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Wolf2191 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:14:08 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/#comment-374 I saw the dawn theory in Parnes L' Doro in the name of some German book. (Apparently R' Eliezer Lipman Prins. was bothered by this same question. I vaguely recall another theory. I will commment again when I place it. I saw the dawn theory in Parnes L’ Doro in the name of some German book. (Apparently R’ Eliezer Lipman Prins. was bothered by this same question. I vaguely recall another theory. I will commment again when I place it.

]]> By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Menachem Mendel Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:29:54 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/#comment-371 Solomon Birnbaum didn't attribute to any specific person any of the theories, except one. I think that he wanted to avoid attaching someone's name to a theory which he thought was ridiculous. Solomon Birnbaum didn’t attribute to any specific person any of the theories, except one. I think that he wanted to avoid attaching someone’s name to a theory which he thought was ridiculous.

]]> By: S. http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/comment-page-1/#comment-370 S. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:23:06 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/02/05/the-etymology-of-davenen/#comment-370 See also: Judah A. Joffe, "The Etymology of "Davenen" and "Katoves", Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 28, 1959 (1959), pp. 77-92. and I'm thinking there was a HUCA article on the etymology, perhaps by Werner Weinberg, but I don't recall. See also:

Judah A. Joffe, “The Etymology of “Davenen” and “Katoves”, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 28, 1959 (1959), pp. 77-92.

and I’m thinking there was a HUCA article on the etymology, perhaps by Werner Weinberg, but I don’t recall.

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