[Avodah] Shir HaMaalos, Maaseh Elokaynu/Enosh, L'Dovid

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re:  1) Isn't saying Shir HaMaalos MiMamakim a hefsek 
between Yishtabach and
Borchu?

And the Rambam and other oldies mention saying Az Yashir or 
ha'azinu between yishtabach and bar'khu.  After we 
volunteered to say the sh'vachim of p'sukei d'zimra as 
preparation for prayer, anything after them that disturbed 
the mood we just attempted to build up becomes a 
non-permitted hefsek.  Does mima'amakim disturb? If so, 
don't say it. Does it improve the mood build-up? Say it.

2) Where did the paragraphs of Maaseh Enosh enter into the 
Piyut of Maaseh
Elokaynu? In the Roedelheim Machzor they don't appear.

Originally, a ma'aseh enosh stanza followed every ma'aseh 
Elokenu stanza. Later on they were omitted except for a 
single one before the end. See R' D. Goldschmidt machzorim 
for the complete piyyut.

4) Isn't blowing Tekios during the Kaddish Sholeim following 
Musaf RH a
hefsek? Couldn't they be blown afterwards?

No reason why they can't be blown afterwards. The extra 
tekiyot added to make a total of 100 are added at the end of 
davening. The kaddish after musaf was the end of davening. 
D'amiran b'alma was the end of kaddish.  The additions made 
after kaddish, requests for acceptance of our prayers and 
twice for peace, once in Aramaic and once in Hebrew, later 
became so usual that they are now considered as part of 
kaddish. So one gets a feeling that it is not the end. So 
what?
In my shul, where we don't blow in silent amida, we blow 30 
at titkabal and 10 after aleinu. And at the end of Y"K we 
blow before titkabal and even sing before saying titkabal. 
Again, so what?


Hag Sameach and k"t,

David