Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
Munah is a very common note. It appears in almost every single pasuk in the Torah, often more than once. The name munah means “set down” or “rest,” and the note looks like a little chair without legs. We call it a note, but it is really just a setup for other notes. It can appear before 14(!) different types of notes, and it sounds a little different depending on what it is introducing. Here are a few examples with notes we have already met:
Sometimes, a munah stacks up with another munah to stretch out a phrase that has a lot of words. There is one time in the Torah where we get a chain of 4 munahim in a row, and that is in our parashah! Here it is:
(ד) וַיָּ֣מׇת נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֣וּא לִפְנֵ֣י ה'
Nadav and Avihu died before God
Pay attention as you listen to the hundreds of munahim in our parashah. Can you hear the different sounds that they make?
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