<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> The Chozeh of Lublin, R' Naftoli Ropshitzer, and the Sanzer Rav (R'</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Chaim</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Halberstam, the Divrei </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Chaim</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) all called the minhag dubious because</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> the Chemdas Yamim was. And therefore lemaaseh there are Chassidim who do</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> not say LeDavid. So, the accusation does have legs. Even if you disagree</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> with it, I wouldn't call a decision of the Chozeh "very dubious".>></span><div><br></div><div>Just to point out that Le-Dovid is not the only common minhag that some rabbis objected to. In particular yifdal is common in many shuls but nevertheless the Ari and others (including RYBS) objected to saying yigdal on various grounds</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course there is the old argument over "praying to the angels" that appears in selichot. Many objected while others (including RSZA) justified the minhag.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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