[Avodah] High Holiday Liturgy Sources

[Richard Wolpoe]

Dear Readers,
There is a lot of confusion between various customs re: the High Holidays.
One of the best sources adressing the contrast betwee nthe German Minhag and
the so-called "polish" Minhag is Daniel Goldschmidt's Yamim Nora'im
Machazorim

Caveat: I myself owned these tomes for year w/o realizing their significance
until I started davening in a shul that was Roedelheim based.

If I could, I would require  rabbinical students [and others] to spend time
in various communities in order to better appreciate each nusach. This is
analogous to understanding English better by studying French/Spanish/German
etc.

If you look at the Minhaggim of RYDS as outlined in the new editions of the
Mahcazor Masores Harav, you can trace many of these minhaggim to earlier
sources.  I would venture a guess that well over 50% are attributable to
either the Gra or the Ba'al Hatanya's Siddur.
I found that about 5-10% were compatible with Heidenheim et. al.

By the time of the Rema, the concept of a LONG selichos on Erev Yom Kippur
is apparently considered rare. nevertheless, it is still preserved in the
Heidenheim Selichos and still practiced at Breuer's.

For some reason, My old shul [Cong. Ohav Sholaum] we used the Roedleheim
Selichos but trimmed it down on Erev Yom Kippur. This was considered highly
unusual.  I don't know the origin of that custom.

Gmar Tov
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