[Avodah] singing

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 02:13:20PM +0100, Eli Turkel wrote:
: It is a matter of personal preference. I remember reading that a grandson
: (when he was little) complained that RYBS never sang zemirot while his other
: grandfather, the Talner rebbe did. It seems in Brisk zemirot were recited and
: not sung.

RYBS said of his own singing that despite the name Soloveitchik
(Nightingale), his family would probably have some other avodas haleviim
come bayis shelishi (bb"a!). So, there might have been a more prosaic
reason for that lack of singing, especially since RYBS phrased it (IIRC)
as a family failing.

: My entire family enjoys the various songs for piyutim for yamim noraim.
: One year we davened at a real yeshivish type minyan with kavannah and no
: songs and my family was disappointed.

It depends how you define kavanna.

You might be interested in my notes on tefillah behispaalus, where even
within Mussar's concept of hispaalus there are more musical (Novhardok),
more emotive (Ohr Yisrael) and more cognitive versions (Kelm). And
something you wouldn't necessarily have thought of -- visual (Slabodka).
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2010/10/tefillah-behitpaalut.shtml>

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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