The Tefilah Podcast

Why We Can't (and Shouldn't) Edit the Text of Davening (Part 4)

November 29, 2021 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss Season 6 Episode 18
The Tefilah Podcast
Why We Can't (and Shouldn't) Edit the Text of Davening (Part 4)
Show Notes

Q: Was this a Rambam Bekius chavurah or a Tefilah shiur? A: Both! This afternoon (11/29/21) I decided to "borrow" my Rambam Bekius slot to give a Tefilah shiur. We were scheduled to complete our current tefilah sugya this Tuesday, but I realized I'd be canceling that shiur on account of a Chanukah event that will take place in yeshiva. Since we were going to focus on the Rambam's shitah anyway, I figured it made sense to do so in our Rambam Bekius setting. Our goal was simple: to understand as much as we could of the Rambam's parameters for which changes in tefilah are acceptable and unacceptable. Although I can't say we figured EVERYTHING out, we managed to get the basics.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות קריאת שמע א:ה-ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות א:ה-ו עם הכסף משנה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ב:יח-יט; ו:ב-ג
רמב"ם - שו"ת סימן רנד, רס, קפא, קפד
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