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1)

What are the connotations of the words "Ve'anu ha'Levi'im"?

1.

Rashi (in Shir ha'Shirim, 2:10): "Ve'anu" means in a loud voice.

2.

Sotah, 33a: We learn, via a Gezeira Shavah "Ve'anu" "ve'ha'Elokim Ya'anenu be'Kol" 1 in Yisro Sh'mos, 19:19 - in connection with Ma'amad Har Sinai - that the B'rachos and the K'lalos must be recited in Lashon ha'Kodesh.

1

See Torah Temimah, note 14.

2)

What are the implicatons of "Kol Ram" (as opposed to 'Kol Gadol')?

1.

Yerushalmi Sotah, 16:2 #1: It implies "be'Kolo shel Ram" - that Hashem recited the B'rachos and the K'lalos together with the Levi'im. 1

2.

Yerushalmi Sotah, 16:2 #2: It implies that they responded with the ideal volume - not too loud and not too quiet.

1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim.

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