Looking for Source on הַלְוִיִּם

[S. Goldstein]

Since there are so many different Sefer Etz Chaim's out there, I'm looking for a source.

In Sefer Dikdukei Shai, he quotes a "Sefer Etz Chaim" on why the dagesh is missing from the word, הַלְוִיִּם.  It says:
"וכן כל הַלְוִיִּם שבמקרא רפויה למ"ד". וראיתי בספר עץ חיים (ש"ב פ"ג) הכותב על זה "ואפשר (מה שבא רפויה, היא משום) שבא להורות על מדתם (של שבט הלוים) שהיא מדת הדין הרפי כאשר ידוע למקובלים". 

If anyone knows which Etz Chaim, (Author and date), that would be tremendous.

[Yitzhak]

I ran an Otzar Hachomah search and came up with this book: 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=22427&st=&pgnum=24

The paragraph in question is at the bottom of the linked page. 

[S. Goldstein]

Fantastic!  You're such a big help.

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[Avram Herzog]

Hi,

Whoever the actual author is, I find this reasoning lacking and puzzling, for two reasons:

1. The same lacking dageish exists in הצפרדעים. And both words have the dageish in the singular (הלוי/הצפרדע). (I once posited on this listserv a technical reason for the lack of dageish in the plural הצפרדעים, but it was debunked by some of my esteemed leining group members). The idea of reflecting a middah doesn't hold up re. frogs (or whatever creature it refers to).

2. The opposite is true regarding היהודים. Most words have no dageish in that yud (or if you prefer, yod). היהודים is an exception. Based on the logic that the רפה reflects a positive middah of being softspoken or whatever, wouldn't the opposite exception of inserting a dageish perhaps indicate a negative middah? 

I'd love your thoughts re. my response.

Shabbat Shalom/Gut Shabbos/Whatever your preference,

Avi Herzog

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[Zev Sero]

On 12/11/21 3:02 am, Avram Herzog wrote:
> 2. The opposite is true regarding היהודים. Most words have no dageish in
> that yud (or if you prefer, yod). היהודים is an exception. Based on the
> logic that the רפה reflects a positive middah of being softspoken or
> whatever, wouldn't the opposite exception of inserting a dageish perhaps
> indicate a negative middah?

Just the opposite. According to the cited source, rafeh indicates midat
hadin. So we should expect Hayyehudim to have a dagesh.

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[S. Goldstein]

Middas of Gevurah vs Chesed.  Both can be positive. 

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