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

[Prof. Levine]

At 04:38 PM 9/26/2011, Lisa Liel wrote:

>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

RSRH makes a distinction between something being non-Jewish and 
something being un-Jewish.  From 
"<http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/22379>The Difference 
Between 'Non-Jewish' and 'Un-Jewish'" The Jewish Press, July 25, 2007, page 1

"R. Hirsch uses the term 'un-Jewish' (unjudisch) to mean not in the 
spirit of Torah Judaism, as distinct from 'non-Jewish.'"

Rav Hirsch does not lump all things of gentile origin into the same 
class. Some things that come from non-Jewish sources are indeed 
completely incompatible with Judaism. These he classifies as 
"un-Jewish" - to be avoided at all costs.

There are, however, many things that stem from outside the Jewish 
world that are to be considered as "non-Jewish" - that is, their 
source is not from Judaism, but they are compatible with Yahadus.

The article I quoted from does make this distinction, unfortunately. YL

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