[Mesorah] Lashon Tanach vs. Lashon Hazal

[Danny Levy]

It seems that you don't even need a siddur publisher in order to get a
change accepted.  I am at a loss to understand how "kadovor he'omoor
b'shirei uzecho" has gradually become accepted in recent years instead of
"kadovor ho'omoor".  It is against the rules of dikduk and therefore wrong,
and I have not seen a siddur that I can blame for it.

Danny Levy


2007/9/20, kennethgmiller at juno.com <kennethgmiller at juno.com>:

> R' Micha Berger asked:
> > How does someone get a major change to the sound of the
> > siddur to get accepted? Doesn't nostalgia kick in and cause
> > serious opposition?
>
> Question #2:
>
> Of course nostalgia kicks in. But only among those old enough to have the
> nostalgia for the old-fashioned ways. And who listens to such old fogies?
>
> Question #1:
>
> Remember the Golden Rule: "He who has the gold, makes the rules."
>
> In our context, all you need to do to change the siddur is to become a
> popular siddur publisher. ArtScroll decided to go with "umorid hageshem" and
> "v'sayarev l'fanecha" (among many others) even in Nusach Ashkenaz, and in
> another few decades no one will ever know there had been another way.
>
> In fairness, I should admit that I pick on ArtScroll because -- to my
> generation -- they're the new kids on the block. I was raised on Birnbaum,
> which therefore seems totally normal and standard to me; I'll bet that
> people older than me can make similar comments about Birnbaum's siddur if
> they wanted to.
>
> Akiva Miller
>
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