[Avodah] baruch sheamar -from shamayim? but not torah????

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 11:40:01PM -0700, Harvey Benton wrote:
: why the concept of "torah lav be'shamayhim hi", but not for a tefilah
: like baruch sheamar???? A similar question might be asked of "unetana
sokef" and it's source...

The words came from heaven, or a dream (at least according to the usual
story). The pesaq to incorporate it into the siddur, or the minhag
placing it into the machzor, was subsequent, and done using the normal
methodology.

:-)BBii!
-Micha