[Avodah] aseret be-tevet - friday

[Poppers, Michael]

In Avodah V27n221, RProfET wrote:
> piskei teshuvot brings a minhag not to say piyutim/mizrorim like shalom aleichem, eshet chayil etc. before kiddush but to wait until after hamotzi
> There is a story brought about the Chafetz Chaim that whenever he had poor guests for shabbat he would start right away with kiddush with shalom aleichem in case they had not
eaten all day <
and R'Micha added to the story:
> R' Yehudah Leib Chassman ("Reb Leibtchik Shutshinger") was there. He asked his rebbe what was going on, and tells over the answer in these terms:
> The human guests are hungry. The angelic ones are not, so they can be
made to wait. <
Perhaps I'm missing something, but as I sing "Shalom Aleichem" ASAP after coming home from Shul/entering my house, that piyut does not in any way delay the proceedings in the wintertime (when I'm hanging the coat up, etc.) -- if anything, dancing with my youngest daughter in the hallway while singing "Tzeis'chem l'Shalom" is more of a delay :). 

A gut'n Shabbes and all the best from 
-- Michael Poppers via BB pager