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Trope Class #4• Administrative– Audio recording on– Slide handout– Handout of texts without vowels– Next and last class is March 1• No class February 15 or 22

– Next class will be entirely individual meetings practicing reading from the Torah

– Saturday, March 7. Reading in synagogue• Agenda for today– Less common trope and their logic– By end of today’s class, you will be able to chant all of your aliyah• And about 99% of the entire Torah

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Geresh

Geresh is Level 4 DisjunctiveSo will usually come before sequence with Level 3 disjunctiveSometimes before another sequence with Level 4 disjunctive

Used only if accent is NOT on the last syllableSometimes preceded by Kadmah (conjunctive)

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Kadma v’Azlah

These two notes are dropped by Cantor Barugel and PocketTorah.

v’Azlah is Level 4 DisjunctiveSo will usually come before sequence with Level 3 disjunctiveSometimes before another sequence with Level 4 disjunctive

v’Azlah is used only on words accented on last syllableand if preceded by closely connected word (conjunctive Kadmah)and if preceding word is NOT accented on 1st syllable

Some authorities call v’Azlah Geresh and/or sing it like Geresh

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Gershayim

Gershayim is Level 4 DisjunctiveSo will usually come before sequence with Level 3 disjunctiveSometimes before another sequence with Level 4 disjunctive

Used only if accent on the last syllable ANDNo preceding closely connected wordor preceding closely connected word accented on 1st syllable

Conjunction (munach) used if prior word connected & accented on 1st syllableIf prior connected word NOT accented on 1st syllable, then Kadmah v’Azlah

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Zakef Gadol

Level 2 disjunctiveSo usually followed by Katon sequence or Tippchah sequence

Used only on short words (only one or two syllables before the accent)Used only on first word of sentence

or on first word after Etnachtahor on first word after Katon

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Review

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Synthesis I

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Synthesis II

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Synthesis III

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Summary Logic of Trope • Sof Pasuk • Etnachtah • Tipchah • Zakef Katon• Zakef Gadol• Pashtah and Yetiv • Tvir• Revia• v’Azlah • Geresh• Gershayim• Munach LeGarmeh• Merchah, , Munach , , Mappach, • Kadmah , Dargah

Level 1 Disjunctives

Level 2 Disjunctives

Level 3 Disjunctives

Level 4 Disjunctive

Conjunctives

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What To Do Before Next Class• Learn to read your aliyah without vowels or trope• Listen to CD of Cantor Barugel in car or on phone or iPod• Play trope on musical instrument• Sing along with PocketTorah Trope• Sign up for individual appointment with me