[Avodah] L'Dovid Hashen Ori

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Dov Kay:
I disagree.  First, as has been pointed out, the source for reciting L'Dovid
in Elul/Tishrei is the book Chemdat Yamim.  R. Yaakov Emdem attributed this
work to Nathan of Gaza, who is a Sabbatean ideologue, and modern scholars
have generally confirmed this attribution.  So, by not saying this perek, I
am following one set of poskim against others.  
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Just one point - even if the source of this Minhag is tainted, the Minhag
itself has been vetted by generations of Gedolim U'kedoshim who thought it
not only unproblematic, but extremely positive. So from an objective POV it
doesn't seem that there is anything wrong with saying it. So we have a
Minhag Yisroel that is good - I don't see that its questionable source is a
reason to stop the Minhag.

KT,
MYG