[Avodah] Using Non-Jewish Tunes For Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah?

Lisa Liel lisa at starways.net
Mon Sep 26 08:50:16 PDT 2011


On 9/26/2011 8:03 AM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://revach.net/article.php?id=919
>> The Rema paskens (53:25) that a chazzan that sings non-Jewish tunes 
>> should be warned to stop and removed if he doesn't do so.  The Mogen 
>> Avrohom says this doesn't mean in his free time, but rather that he 
>> uses these tunes as part of his davening.

What constitutes a non-Jewish tune?  Is Erev Shel Shoshanim, which is an 
Israeli tune, but not particularly a Jewish tune, acceptable by this 
standard?

Lisa




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