[HANASHIR:6551] RE: Tisha B'Av

[Marsha Fensin <mfsings...>]

Hi All,
    If you think of Jewish song as merely song, then perhaps somber occasions
shouldn't be observed with song; however, if you look at Jewish song as part of
the tradition, as a gate to the Jewish soul, as parts of it actually having been
transmitted Mi Sinai, then it is entirely appropriate.  A funeral wouldn't be
the same without chanting Esa Einai or Mizmor l'David or El Male Rachamim.  Yom
Kippur would not be the same without the chanting of the Viddui, and chanting
Psalms appropriate to TishaB'av or compositions that have the theme or idea of
the holiday are entirely appropriate. Song is NOT merely adjunct to the
tradition, it IS part of the tradition.
Marsha Fensin

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