– Q. The question is: When vowelizing the Kinah of Maharam MiRotenberg on the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, (also connected to the death of the Talmidim of Rabi Akiva and the mourning dys of the Omer), is it “Sha’ali S’rufo B’eish” or “Sha’ali S’rufo Bo’eish”, i.e. does the Beis have a Sh’vo, or a Komatz?

The old Sifrei Kinos vowelize it with a Sh’vo, whereas in the two places in Tanach where the phrase “S’rufo Bo’eish” appears [Shmuel 1 30:3, Tehillim 80:17], the Beis has a Komatz.

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that both expressions are correct
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Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.