[Avodah] l'Dovid Hashem Ori

[Arie Folger]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM,  <T613K at aol.com> wrote:
> And if a Reform rabbi recommended the saying of Tehillim -- you would stop
> saying Tehillim?  We're not talking about some new-fangled prayer written by
> Nathan of Gaza or anybody else.  What harm could there possibly be in
> reciting a perek of Tehillim?

This is not a vague recommendation of saying Tehillim, but the
specific linking of a particular recitation at a particular time. If a
Reform rabbi would recommend saying Ashrei (sorry, Tehilla leDavid) at
11:30 in the morning on alternate Tuesdays, I wouldn't do it, either.
And if I happened to be saying Tehillim on such a Tuesday at 11:30, I
would say LeDavid Barukh, instead. And if I wanted to say Tehilla
leDavid, I would say it on Monday and Wednesday, or at 10:00 in the
morning. </end of analogy>

Concretely, if you harbor doubts as to the soundness of the custom to
recite LeDavid haShem Ori veYish'i during Elul->Yom Kippur, while the
tzibbur says it, just say something else, such as the mizmor Tefilla
le'Ani ki Ya'atof. Personally, I generally haven't finished sShir shel
Yom by teh time the tzibbur reaches LeDavid haShem Ori veYish'i, so
for me, the question is kind of moot.

Chassieme tauwo
-- 
Arie Folger,
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