[Avodah] An-im Zemiros

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, October 21, 2007 9:26 am, RallisW at aol.com wrote:
: Is one permitted to recite An-im Zemiros on Shabbos or Yom Tov as a
: majority of Ashkenazic shuls do? Is one allowed to recite it at the end
: of  davening?

Why not? Or is this a tie-in to RRW's question about when common
practice doesn't fit the texts.

Ashkenazim traditionally did so. Yeshivos trimmed it out, along with
other arguable sections, in order to minimize time taken from
learning. I do not know the justification for shuls that do not have a
Shabbos morning seder immediately following to continue omitting
pieces of the standard nusach hatefilah. For example, tefillah
leshalom hamedinah (your host state) is a chiyuv stated by tannaim,
implemented by over a millenium of Ashkenazim with this particular
tefillah. What justifies a shul simply omitting the tefillah?
(Ironically, this is a case where the "MO" shul is more likely to be
the less modern and innovative...)

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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