[Avodah] shma kolenu

[Zev Sero]

On 13/09/2013 8:14 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> I found later that some of the commentaries on the Mateh Ephraim
> explain that the pasuk is in singular as the opening to shmoneh esre.

You mean the closing.

> Since in shma kolenu it is in plural it should not be said by the
> entire congrgation out loud. Instead we say that one phrase quietly
> so it is similar to being in singular

So why not say it in the singular?  We change it to the plural davka so
that it refers to all of us collectively; so why not say it aloud?


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