Posts by Gary Summers
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Does anyone have any leads on research illustrating how S&P communities in UK dealt with the influx of Ashkenazim in 1800s. For instance, the institution of the Chief Rabbi over the Haham, or the institution of Batei Din established by United Synagogue and Federation over the existing Bet Din of the Sephardim in UK. I appreciate there are books chronicling Jewish history in the UK but I am interes...
I suspect not but are there any traditions that do not include הכל יודוך and אל אדון in the first Beracha of קריאת שמע on Shabbat Shachrit. Perhaps there are some that follow the notion that Shabbat is only mentioned in the Tefillah. I appreciate that it is part of an established nosakh. There is a very clear disdain for the inclusion of Piyutim after Nishmat amongst many communities and yet the I...
I have a question regarding Neila. According to majority of poskim birchat cohanim for Neila must take place before sunset. The S&P Nusakh does not include as many Selichot as it’s Edot AMizrach counterparts. How do S&P communities fill the time between Sunset and Night with the Shofar blasts during the Kaddish.
Does anyone know if the S&P adopted the same concept of Zemanim as Ashkenazi Batei Din? I noticed that this year 17th Tammuz fast came in just after 1am on most Zemanim websites (London, UK). Do we have any information about how S&P communities worked our Zemanim?
Which Hallel is sung on Shabungoth?
S&P Minhag for נענועים. From what I have seen in London it is to move the body in each direction but not like the Ar”i. It doesn’t seem to be like the SA and I can’t seem to find where KST discusses it.
Anyone know if Eliot Alderman is running an S&P Tisha’ang B’Ab service this year in London?
R’ Levy (Lauderdale Rd) once showed me the Teshuba of H’ Meldola regarding the new community established against the Askamot of Sha’ar HaShamayim in Bevis Marks. Does anyone know if this can still be sourced?
Does anyone know at what point Sephardim became concerned with the concept of Hefsek? This week S&P communities would have read מי כמוך within נשמת. H’ Gaguine mentions the opinions of those that find the addition of piyutim into Tefilah to be wrong. Except that in the case of מי כמוך one cannot argue that נשמת is Tefillah. Even if one objected to the practise of adding Piyutim to Tefilah such as ...
Does anyone have a table of Shabbat Times from the London Daily & Occasional Siddur? I am trying to see how Sephardi Jews in London calculated Shabbat Times.
Apologises for thinking ahead and yes Mashiach may arrive before Hodesh Ab but is there any way to see the Nusakh for London S&P Tisha’ang B’Ab online? I believe they are out of print and since it is unlikely that minyanim can be safely convened I am looking for ways that I can obtain the rite.
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I was reading up on why Sephardim do not recite a Shehehiyanu for Tekiat Shofar on 2nd day RH unless the 1st day was Shabbat. This is not the Rambam's ruling as he makes no distinction between 1st & 2nd day but does not saying Shehehiyanu on 2nd day create a bigger issue with the idea of Yoma Arichta so that Yom Tob Sheni is lesser in its Kedusha?
Best Hallel tunes for the Haggadah?
Moadim L'Simcha There was recently a Mahloket in my community about how one should hold the sefer Torah after it has been dressed. The Lauderdale Rd way is to have the split in the Torah cover facing the person holding it. The front of the Torah should also face the person holding it and after the procession the sefer it is returned so that the split in the cover and the front of the Torah is fa...
What is/was the Sepharadi equivalent of Challa? Specifically Jews of Portuguese descent? Not talking about Laffa/Khoubz as nice as those breads are. Is their a bread that can rival the cultural superiority of a highly enriched dough that one should ideally make Mezonot on?
Questions: on days with two sifrei Torah should Hashem Elokim be recited as the segundo is brought to the tebah or when primero is taken off to be dressed? Does this happen at the same time? Is hetsi Kaddish recited immediately after Samuch and the sefarim are switched while reciting the pasuk? TIA