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From: meth@csd2.UUCP (Asher Meth)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Stop the anglo-saxon hebrew!!
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Date: Sun, 31-Mar-85 20:28:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 31 20:28:00 1985
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Yitzchak Samet writes :

>                                             On the
>contrary,  there  is a serious  question about changing from your
>father's custom of pronunciation (in prayer) because you  may  be
>scorning  the  religious practices of your parents and theirs (as
>you do when you refer to our great grandfathers'  prayer  dialect
>as  "pigeoen" Hebrew, chas v'sholom).  I saw  discussions of this
>from  Rav Moshe Feinstein,  and from Rav Henken z"l. The approach

I, too, have heard of such discussions. I was told by Rav Shabtai Rappaport,
a grandson-in-law, that Rav Moshe says that one may change from the practice of
his father. This p'sak (halachic ruling) should be found in vol 6 of Iggeros
Moshe (Orach Chaim). Rav Shabtai also told me that on the other side of the 
fence is Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook (zatzal) who says that one may not 
change from the practice of his father with respect to pronunciation (havarah).
I saw this teshuvah (responsum) from Rav Kook about four years ago.

Whatever your custom is, you do fulfill your obligation of, say, kriyas
hatorah, the reading of the weekly portion on the sabbath in the synagogue,
even if the pronunciation of the reader is different than one you are
accustomed to using.

       asher meth
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