[Avodah] Yekum Purkan

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> On Wed, November 21, 2007 8:29 am, David E Cohen wrote:
> : While we're on the topic, it's always puzzled me that chazzanim
> : generally say the second "Yekum Purkan" quietly, given that it is
> : addressed directly to the tzibbur.
 
> As the "name" says, it's addressed directly to the One Who establishes
> salvation. It is said /about/ and for the salvation /of/ the tzibbur.

No.  The tzibur is addressed in the second person; the Malka De'alma
in the third person.  In the Sefardi equivalent, the tzibur answers
"amen" after every separate bracha contained in it.

PS: What I've long wondered, considering that minhagei Ashkenaz are
supposed to come from EY and Sefard from Bavel, is why the Ashkenazi
version of the bracha for the tzibbur is in Aramaic while the Sefardi
one is in Hebrew.

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