[Avodah] Kedusha - Remaining Silent During the Chazzan's Recitation

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 06:12:37PM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Interested in knowing the "proper" way to say Kedushah?  Please see  
> http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/Ashkenaz/kedusah.pdf
> Why is it that we have deviated so much from our Mesorah?  YL

First, I'm not sure all of minhagei Germany actually predate --
or at least actually became uniform -- before the Crusades promoted
the settlement of Eastern Europe.

In general, though, we tend to rely less and less on the Chazan saying
things for us. Much like Qedushah, muttering "Yomar na Yisrael..." et
al is also newfangled. The idea, dating back to the gemara, is to
be responsive. The Chazan says the pasuq, we reply explaiming "Hodu
Lashem...!"

Is either technically a hefseiq though, that there is something inferior
to the way we are doing things now?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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