[Avodah] An-im Zemiros

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
>  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?

It was printed in the siddurim, but (in Russia at least) it was only
said in the big shuls, where the government was aware of what went on;
it was never said in smaller shuls.

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