[Avodah] piyyutim

[David E Cohen]

For some reason, I have received Issue 85 but have not yet received Issue
84, so I apologize if this point was already made a few days ago.

R' Arie Folger wrote (probably in Issue 84; I'm copying it as quoted by
REMT):
> FYI, the reason we say UT has little to do with a certain
> Rav Amnon who may or may not have lived in Mainz and may or
> may not have had the slightest connection with the author of
> that piyut. The reason is that UT is peti'hah liqdushah on RH

IIRC, the original kerovos by R' Elazar haKalir for the first day of Rosh
Hashanah and for Yom Kippur each have their own silukim, which have ben
replaced in our machazorim by Unsaneh Tokef.

I'm not saying that it has to be by Rav Amnon, but it was definitely a
deliberate replacement, and is not just there as part of the kerovah that
we're saying anyway.  I would venture to say that it is much more
appreciated by most people (and thus much more commonly said) than Kalir's
silukim would be.

--D.C.