<div dir="ltr"><<<a href="http://www.flipsnack.com/79987ECF8D6/522.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.flipsnack.com/79987ECF8D6/522.html</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> See page 5. Rav Meir Cohen</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">attacks musical Hallel (and much of singing in shul), calling it a</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">complete distortion of what the Levi'im did (the rav calls the Levis'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">song Avodah, not a method to raise spirits), a poor substitute for true</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">spirituality which only makes things worse.>></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Obviously Rav Meir Cohen is not a hasid. I douibt if people today sing in imitation</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">of leviim. Music has always been part of spirituality. Prophets would listen to music to reach the proper level, similarly for meditation.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">On a personal level I have on rare occasions davened in a shul for Yomim Noraim where they didnt sing any piyutim. I felt that my davening missed a lot, that is part of my yomim noraim experience.<br clear="all"></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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