[Avodah] Shmoneh esrei - 18/19

[Joshua Meisner]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:42 PM, R' Saul Mashbaum <saul.mashbaum at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> I once heard (I know, this is usually not a good introduction to a
> reliable source) that Kallir purposely omitted a q'rova for the bracha
> of "Et tzemach David" on Purim. Purim's hero came from Binyamin, as
> did Shaul HaMelech. In light of the enmity between Shaul and David, it
> was deemed unseemly to devote a q'rova to David HaMelech on Purim.


That's what the commentary in the Artscroll siddur states, but RNScherman
doesn't provide a source for this contention.

Joshua Meisner
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