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Pseudepigrapha and Talmud

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1Maccabees4:5452Nowonthefiveandtwentiethdayoftheninthmonth,
which is called the month Casleu, they rose up betimes in the morning, 53And
offeredsacrificeaccordingtothelawuponthenewaltarofburntofferings,which
they had made. 54Look, at what time and what day the heathen had profaned it,
eveninthatwasitdedicatedwithsongs,andcitherns,andharps,andcymbals.
55Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshipping and praising the God of
heaven,whohadgiventhemgoodsuccess.56Andsotheykeptthededicationofthe
altar eight days and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the
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givethemleavetowearlinengarmentsNowallthiswascontrarytothelawsof
our country, which, whenever they have been transgressed, we have never been
abletoavoidthepunishmentofsuchtransgressions.

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Halacha and Minhag

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R.Hunasaid:Thesingingofsailorsandploughmenispermitted,butthatofweaversisprohibited.
R.Hunaabolishedsinging,andahundredgeesewerepricedatazuzandahundredse'ahsofwheat
at a zuz and there was no demand for them [even at that price] R. Hisda came and [ordered R.
Huna'sedicttobe]disregarded,andagoosewasrequired[evenatthehighpriceof]azuzbutwas
nottobefound.R.Josephsaid:Whenmensingandwomenjoininitislicentiousness;whenwomen
singandmenjoininitislikefireintow.Forwhatpracticalpurposeisthismentioned?Toabolish
thelatterbeforetheformer.
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Jassinowsky,Pinchos."HazzanimandHazzanut."JournalofSynagogueMusic6.1(1975):
Itmaywellbesaidthatthemajesticchantsoftheshulhavebeenmorepowerfuluponthesoulsof
the listeners than the prayers themselves. Chazzanut itself has been marked by many
alterationsthesechangescanbetracedtotheactualvicissitudesofJewishexiliclife,withitslong
storyofpersecutionandmartyrdom.NotalwayshaveJewishleaderslookedwithapprovaluponthe
currentprogressofthecantorialart.Oftenthelearnedmen,coldreasonersandresearchersinthe
law,didnotholdswayoverthemindsofthepeople.TheystoodabovetherunofJewryandlooked
down upon them. But the masses were not interested in the teaching and convoluted philosophic
reasoning of the more enlightened savants; instead of the problems of Jewish law, they sought
spiritual nourishment for their starved souls. Far from the pilpul and involved thinking of the
learnedclasses,theysoughtonlyserenityandforgetfulnessintheirreligiousardor.Ratherthanbe
instructed concerning the nature and fearsomeness of God, they preferred to yield their souls to
their Maker with the trust and faith of innocent children. Life was so difficult that they were
perpetuallyseekingsomehavenofrefuge;lettheintellectualsfeedtheirmindstheywantedonly
to soothe their innermost emotions. The common man was not concerned over the arduous
theologicalandscientificsearchingsofthelearned;tosingthewondersandgiftsoftheLordwasall
theyrequired.Love,reverence,wonderment,andthankfulnessweretheirmtiers.
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Whileintheeasternshulsthetraditionalbondswerestrong,theassimilatorymovementintheWest
led to a complete change in the religious services and rendered the origins of synagogue music
almostunrecognizable.Thetranslationofprayersintothevernacular,thestrictrhythmandmelodic
symmetry of the ancient tunes, and the choral arrangement of the psalms and prayersmirror the
gradualestrangementfromandtheappealtheEuropeanchurchmusicexerciseduponthe.
Classicalandromanticharmonywasapplied,andtheorganwasemployedasaccompaniment.

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Future Tense, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks XI

The Greeks were the supreme masters of the visual arts: art, sculpture, architecture and theatre.
Jews,asamatterofprofoundreligiousprinciple,werenot.thesupremereligiousactinJudaismis
tolisten.Greecewasacultureoftheeye;Israeloftheear.Theyworshippedwhattheysaw;we
whatweheard.

, the student of , pointed out that this affects our most basic metaphors of
knowing. In English, almost all our words for understanding or intellect are governed by the
metaphor of sight. We speak of insight, hindsight, foresight, vision, and imagination. We say, it
appearsthatwhenweunderstandsomething,wesay,Isee.

The,bycontrast,consistentlyusesthemetaphorofhearing.Whenaproofisabouttobe
brought,itsaysTashma,Comeandhear.Whenitspeaksofinferenceitsays,Shemamina,Hear
fromthis.Whensomeonedisagreeswithaproposition,itsaysLoshemiyahleih,Hecouldnothear
it. When it draws an inference it says, Mashma, From this it can be heard. " calls the oral
tradition Mipi hashemua, from the mouth of that which was heard. In Western culture,
understandingisaformofseeing.InJudaism,itisaformoflistening. It is a theme that runs
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addresseswiththeword,see.Yet,ifweattendtothepassageasawhole,werealizethatitis
aboutlistening,notseeing:(-:)
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doesntmeanHear,OIsrael,but:Listen.Concentrate.GivethewordofGdyourmost
focusedattention.Engageallyourfaculties,intellectualandemotional.MakeHiswillyourown.