[Avodah] Mood of Tehillim

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re: RMB's quote from RSRH
<<Mizmor leDavid:
 1. The tehillah chosen to correspond to Friday (ch. 29) is 
not
 from the same section of Tehillim as those for the previous 
days (chs. 95-99).


Although I'm an Ashkenazi, I have felt the need to complain 
a number of times about the tendency in many postings to 
limit the world to an Ashkenazi one and discuss Ashkenazi 
behavior as the only proper or only existing one.

Kabbalat Shabbat, (a.k.a. as Qabbalat Shabbat or even 
Kabbalath Shabbath by the better informed) was instituted by 
the mekubbalim in Tzefat.  The Ari, who evidently did not 
say the preceding mizmorim, said Mizmor leDavid as a 
kabbalat tosefet Shabbat.

This mizmor was preceded by six mizmorim for the days of the 
week. They are 95 to 100.  The Sefaradi nusach, to this day 
has the sixth mizmor, Ch.100, for Friday and the 
instructions in many siddurim point out the "Shabbat" aspect 
of the following Mizmor leDavid.

BTW, while R' Ya'akov meEmden wrote that R' Moshe Cordevero 
added the six mizmorim, I have evidence that it is not so 
and RMC started with Mizmor leDavid as do ROY and some other 
Sefaradim to this day.


k"t,

David