{"id":8531,"date":"2016-02-24T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2018-05-27T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T06:14:39","slug":"03-24-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-24-02\/","title":{"rendered":"02. No Nusa\u0125 should be Considered Better than Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0124ida writes in the name of Arizal that prayer recited the Sephardic<em> nusa\u0125<\/em> ascends through any of the twelve gates. Therefore, in his opinion, Ashkenazim may switch to the Sephardic <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> (see <em>Yabi\u2019a Omer<\/em> 6:10; <em>Ye\u0125aveh Da\u2019at<\/em> 3:6). In contrast, \u0124asidim claim that their <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> (called \u201c<em>Nusa\u0125 Sepharad<\/em>\u201d even though it was developed as the liturgy of Eastern European \u0124asidic communities and was not practiced in Sephardic communities) is superior. They maintain that the greatest \u0124asidim investigated and examined numerous versions of the liturgy based on kabbalistic meanings and halakhic considerations and and selected the best among them. The Yemenites, too, claim that their <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> is most precise, for the Jews of Yemen, in all their years of exile, did not wander. Rather, in response to Arab persecution of Yemenite Jews, these communities intensified their dogged and meticulous preservation of their customs. Indeed, Yemenite Torah have been found to be closest in their precision to the Aleppo Codex, the standard of precision for the Torah text. Of course, those who pray in the Ashkenazic <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> also assert that their custom is the most meticulous, transmitted from person to person as far back as Shimon Ha-Pekuli. Furthermore, the basis for Sephardic custom lies with the Amora&#8217;im and Ge\u2019onim of Babylonia, whereas Ashkenazic custom originates with the Amora&#8217;im and Ge\u2019onim of Eretz Yisrael, who were more proficient in <em>aggada<\/em>, esoteric wisdom, and liturgy. Incidentally, the reason for certain similarities between the Ashkenazic and the original Yemenite <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> (Baladi), is that both were influenced by the Ge\u2019onim of Eretz Yisrael.<\/p>\n<p>In general, every rite has advantages, and it is not in our power to determine which one is superior. As states in <em>Responsa \u0124atam Sofer<\/em> (1:15), every <em>nusa\u0125<\/em> is equal, and the fact that Arizal offered mystical interpretations of <em>Nusa\u0125<\/em> <em>Sephard<\/em> is because he was accustomed to praying in that <em>nusa\u0125<\/em>. Had he been accustomed to praying in the Ashkenazic <em>Nusa\u0125<\/em>, he would have composed mystical <em>kavanot <\/em>for that rite.<\/p>\n<p>Even if we were to know that a particular custom is more precise, it would still be proper for everyone to continue practicing their received customs, for continuing ancestral traditions is a strong basis for faith. Moreover, even less accurate rites certainly have specific points in their favor that we must be careful to preserve. Only after the <em>Sanhedrin<\/em> is established will we be able to institute a uniform <em>nusa\u0125<\/em>, which will incorporate the benefits of each <em>nusa\u0125<\/em>. Yet even then, there will be room for different emphases in supplementary prayers and distinct melodies, corresponding to the twelve gates; each community according to its ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0124ida writes in the name of Arizal that prayer recited the Sephardic nusa\u0125 ascends through any of the twelve gates. Therefore, in his opinion, Ashkenazim may switch to the Sephardic nusa\u0125 (see Yabi\u2019a Omer 6:10; Ye\u0125aveh Da\u2019at 3:6). 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