How should the blessing 'l'haniach' be pronounced — with a kamatz or patach under the heh?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that the blessing is pronounced 'l'HANIACH' (kamatz under the heh), meaning 'to place,' not with a patach or dagesh. The Taz and Aruch HaShulchan explain the grammatical and semantic reason.
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