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size=2>Is one permitted to recite An-im Zemiros on Shabbos or Yom Tov as a
majority of Ashkenazic<BR>shuls do? Is one allowed to recite it at the end of
davening? Should one recite the concluding<BR>section of "Lcho HaShem
HaGeduloh...." which is of later origin?</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>I do not understand your question. Why would you think these practices
(which you admit are<BR>done by "a majority of Ashkenazic shuls") would be
wrong? <BR>The reason I asked this question is, according to the commentary in
the Siddur Maharal<BR>MiPrague. <BR>According to the Maharal (Nesivos Olom Nesiv
12) it is ossur after the Tefilloh, to speak in praise<BR>of HaKodosh Boruch Hu,
more than nessecary. The Gemoro Megilloh 106b says in comment to<BR>the posuk
"Mi yimalayl gevuros HaShem yashmiya kol tehiloso". <BR>[How ironic that this is
one of the pesukim which were added at the end of the Shir Hakovod]<BR>Says
Rabboh Bar Chanoh Omar Rabi Yochonon, “One who speaks praise about the
Holy<BR>One Blessed Be He more than necessary, will be uprooted from the world.”
The Gemoro goes on<BR>to quote from Iyov (37:20). Yechezkel (65:20) etc..
<BR>Rashi explains the reason that it is only ossur to speak praise of the
Omnipresent in the form of a<BR>brocho. It would seem it would be mutor
otherwise. <BR>The Maharal says he does see the chiluk between praise during a
brocho and not during a<BR>brocho? <BR>Therefore the Paitonim who composed
this Piyut established this Piyut in the midst of the Tefilloh<BR>and did not
establish at the end of the Tefilloh. Like the Tur in Orach Chayim (Simonim 68
and<BR>112). <BR>The Maharal states those who recite the song known as Shir
HaYichud are committing an “Issur<BR>Gomur.” The lay people started reciting
there but originally it was only recited on Yom Kippur. <BR>On Yom Kippur it is
not called praising the Omnipresent more than essence because we do<BR>praise
G-d that way already because it is Yom Kippur. A person on Yom Kippur is already
trying to<BR>elevate himself to the level of the Maloch. In the frame of mind it
is fitting to give praise and song<BR>to Hakodosh Boruch Hu. <BR>But to
say everyday praise to HaKodosh Boruch Hu is not done with the approval of
the<BR>Chachomim. Even on Yom Kippur if one cannot abolish the recital of Shir
Hayichud which was<BR>innovated by those who were not Baalei Toroh, it should be
recited preferably before Boruch<BR>Sh’omar.
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