[Avodah] Reciting l'Dovid Hashem Ori

[David Cohen]

"The problem is when a young person says, "All those authorities who have
the
custom to say it are simply ignorant, as they are unaware of a  significant
piece of information that I have uncovered, namely, that this  custom is of
Sabbatean origin.  If they knew what I know, all Torah  authorities without
exception would discontinue the saying of l'Dovid  Hashem Ori during Elul.
I can't
follow those who do say it because  they simply speak out of ignorance."

It is this attitude which I fear may suggest or may lead in some cases to a
lessening of yiras Shamayim -- the subtle disparagement of Torah
authorities.

--Toby  Katz"

Is it not ironic that when justifying a new chumra, passed generations of
Gedolim are by-passed to find original sources in the codes, showing that
the chumra is the proper deredch, but in finding a somewhat disreputable
source for a minhag, we must defer to those very same Gedolim whom we
ignored. In the former case, we justify the then prevalent lenient position
as a horaat shaah, but in the later case, cannot fathom that they may not
have had the information which has recently been uncovered.

It just sounds like a way to justify the results we want, rather than have a
consistent methodology.
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