[Avodah] Skipping Korbanos

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:42:47PM +1100, SBA wrote:
: I suppose those of us who feel that they have no need to bring these
: korbanos are patur from saying these parshiyos.

Well, would that mean that it's assur for a non-kohein to say parashas
qetores? Let's not take things too far.

All fancy talking aside and getting down to frank admission, I think
the reason why not everyone feels a need to say every addition to the
basic set of tefillos is attention span. (Be it qorbanos or "Ani Maamin"
or the 7 Zichoronos, and how many minyanim skip Ani Maamin because of
its holiness rather than needing to move already. For that matter, the
majority of minyanim I have attended couldn't possibly have had the chazan
saying even half of what he's supposed to. Mouths can't move that fast.

For many of us products of the current fast-paced culture, too much
attention demanded of us on a daily schedule will backfire. Rather than
these hakhanos preparing us for the mitzvos of Shema, Tefillah (Shemoneh
Esrei) and Techinah (E-lokai Netzor and Tachanun), they can use up the
small measure of attention available, such that there isn't enough left
for the ikkar.

And this takes me back from Areivim-land to Avodah.

If you were to set up "the ideal" minyan, would you weigh every minhag
currently enshrined in the standard liturgy of your eidah? Or would you
set a slower pace and say less?

This is a decision most of us make. Personal example: I couldn't possibly
sit still through shul every Shabbos if I got there enough before minyan
to be up to Shema when they are. So, I choose to get there as on time as
my boys let me, and skip. I assume I'm not alone; that not everyone who
gets there later than me speed-davens. (But maybe I'm wrong; I speed-daven
most workdays just to be in the office by 8, why couldn't nearly everyone
speed-daven 22 times a week? But if I am wrong, don't disillusion me,
and just stick to the people who live up to my perception of them.)

In terms ofthe theory of pesaq I posted a few months back, this would
be a classical conflict of minhag avos (saying it because it's in the
siddur) vs aggadic value (saying the essential with qavanah). I would
also argue that avodah shebeleiv is a sevara/textualist issue as well.

As for that dieal minyan... Maybe they should meet 3 times a week aside
from tefillah to work on lengthening their attention spans and
zitzfleish...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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