[Avodah] piyyutim

[Arie Folger]

RET wrote:
> Question: There are also piyyutim in the middle of birchat kriyat
> shema. Even in the chassidic shuls that I
> davened in they skipped these. Does anyone know of any community that
> still says these?

Absolutely, We do, as do other yeckische minjonim. In fact, in EY, there is 
alittle revival going on.

> Related there is a one line piyut right after Borchu that is said. Why
> is that different?
You mean aur aulom beautzar chayim auraus meaufel omar vayehi? That is a one 
liner that is said after the birkas yautzer aur to indicate that we will say 
a yautzer (which follows immediately after that line). Some claim indeed that 
when there are no yautzraus, even though an aufan, a meauroh, an ahawoh, a 
zulas or a geuloh will be said, aur aulom should not be recited (we recite it 
anyway, which, IMO, is an error).

> Even in shemonei esrei there is a consensus which piyyutim are
> skipped. In fact Artscroll puts them in an appendix.
> Anyone have any idea how this came about?

partly it is the result of popularity, probably induced by tunes and by active 
participation.

However, it is also partly a result of content.

The connection between the siluq and the 'amidoh is generally most tenuous, 
hence it is left out by many communities. The keduschaus make the duration of 
keduschoh too long (can you imagine everybody standing for such a long time?) 
and make us lose the beautiful structure of the terse regular keduschoh. The 
piyutim to Malkhuyaus, Zikhraunaus and Schaufraus similarly make us lose the 
10-pessuqim structure of each.
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Arie Folger
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