[Avodah] minhag simchat tora

[Zev Sero]

Gershon Dubin wrote:
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Zev Sero zev at sero.name <mailto:zev at sero.name>
> 
> <<It's my understanding that it is said (by those who do so) in order to 
> make
> a break between the haftara and Ashrei>>
> 
> Why?

Just because it seems abrupt to go straight from the haftarah into
Ashrei, without saying anything in between.  So when there isn't a
yekum purkan, yizkor, or sisu vesimchu to say, someone wrote an
introduction to Ashrei.

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