[Avodah] Reciting L'Dovid Hashem Ori, A Secret History Dr. Shnayer Leiman

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:19:46PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> There is nothing dubious about a holy custom adopted by almost all of klal
> yisrael.  There is something very dubious about calling such a minhag dubious.

The Chozeh of Lublin, R' Naftoli Ropshitzer, and the Sanzer Rav (R'
Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim) all called the minhag dubious because
the Chemdas Yamim was. And therefore lemaaseh there are Chassidim who do
not say LeDavid. So, the accusation does have legs. Even if you disagree
with it, I wouldn't call a decision of the Chozeh "very dubious".

The connection dates back at least to Vayiqra Rabba 21 which ties "ori",
"yish'i" and "ki yitzpeneini besukko" to RH, YK and Sukkos respectively.

R' Chaim haKohein from Aram Tzova, a talmid of R' Chaim Vital, may or
may not have has saying LeDovid in his siddur, depending on who found
the more authentic edition. If he did, he attributed it to the 13
sheimos found in the pereq, which correspond to the 13 Middos haRachamim.

But as for the source of turning that into practice, see also
http://seforim.blogspot.com/2006/09/custom-of-reciting-ldovid-hashem-ori.html
http://seforim.blogspot.com/2009/09/source-for-recitation-of-ledovid.html

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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