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

[Lisa Liel]

On 8/20/2013 9:18 AM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From  http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/736949

>> Dr. Leiman examines the dubious custom of reciting Psalm 27 in Elul and
>> Tishrei. He sheds light on the varying customs regarding its inclusion
>> in tefila and traces its murky liturgical origins.
>> Given at Kehilas Degel Israel, Kew Gardens Hills

Reciting L'Dhawidh HaShem Ori W'Yish'i
Question:
    I am told that the earliest mention of the custom of saying LeDavid
    Hashem Ori Veyishi from Rosh Hodesh Ellul until Hoshana Rabba is in
    Sefer Chemdat Yamim, first printed in Izmir in 1731-2. The anonymous
    author of Chemdat Yamim was accused of Sabbatean tendencies by,
    among others, R. Yaakov Emden, and the balance of scholarly opinion
    today is that his claims were rooted in fact. I have heard that the
    Sabbateans interpreted some psukim from this mizmor as alluding to
    their heretical doctrines but I cannot think what these may be. Is
    this sufficient reason to put an end to the minhagh of reciting
    this mizmor?

(continued at http://j.mp/19vDino
http://machonshilo.org/en/eng/list-ask-the-rav/46-tphilla-and-brakhoth/409-reciting-ldhawidh-hashem-ori-wyishi)