<html>
<body>
<font size=3>At 04:38 PM 9/26/2011, Lisa Liel wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 9/26/2011 8:03 AM, Prof.
Levine wrote:<br>
> From
<a href="http://revach.net/article.php?id=919" eudora="autourl">
http://revach.net/article.php?id=919</a><br>
>> The Rema paskens (53:25) that a chazzan that sings non-Jewish
tunes <br>
>> should be warned to stop and removed if he doesn't do so.
The Mogen <br>
>> Avrohom says this doesn't mean in his free time, but rather that
he <br>
>> uses these tunes as part of his davening.<br><br>
What constitutes a non-Jewish tune? Is Erev Shel Shoshanim, which
is an <br>
Israeli tune, but not particularly a Jewish tune, acceptable by this
<br>
standard?<br><br>
Lisa</blockquote><br>
RSRH makes a distinction between something being non-Jewish and something
being un-Jewish. From
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3>
"<a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/22379">The
Difference Between 'Non-Jewish' and 'Un-Jewish'</a>" <b>The</b>
<b>Jewish Press,</b> July 25, 2007, page 1</font> <br><br>
"R. Hirsch uses the term 'un-Jewish' (unjudisch) to mean not in the
spirit of Torah Judaism, as distinct from 'non-Jewish.'"
<br><br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.
<br><br>
The article I quoted from does make this distinction, unfortunately.
YL<br>
</body>
<br>
</html>