[Mesorah] Lashon Tanach vs. Lashon Hazal

[Ira L. Jacobson]

At 22:26 19-09-07 +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com stated the following:

>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.

Certainly not on my block.  In my town they are unheard of.  Even 
their gemara is known as Schottenstein.

>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.

What does one do who was raised on Birnbaum's addition of "Elokeni 
vElokei avotenu" on a weekday festival, now that he prays from a 
siddur that does not have that?  What about the lack of "HAshalom" in 
qaddish?  Or "vah" rarther than "vam" in Shabbat minha?  Or "hanah 
lanu" in birkat hamazon for Shabbat?


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