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Errata (Doc. 1) in my RSC transcriptions:
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18 May '04:
BZ has pointed out that I write:     hat v'shalom
where it should be:                  has v'shalom

The correct spelling is Chet-samech    Chas     
NOT:   (Chet-Tav, nor Het-Tav, nor Het-Tet)     

I had thought the 2nd letter was a Tav or tet, and that 'has
v'shalom' was merely the Ashkenazi rather than the normali
pronunciation.  I had supposed that the 'Chet' was in the sense of
sin (as in the Yom Kippur liturgy), and so the literal meaning was
something like:  'a sin against peace'.

But BZ says the literal meaning is, roughly:  defend the peace.

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