[HANASHIR:10909] Re: Adon Olam to Rock Around the Clock

[BEBWH <BEBWH...>]

In an Orthodox prayer book Adon Olam appears at the beginning, prior to the 
official morning service, before P'suki D'zimra, even before Shema. It's 
stuck in with the morning blessings. Someone who knows the evolution of 
prayer in the Reform synagogue or the history of synagogue music may be able 
to share with us when it graduated to the status of closing hymn. The 
wonderful version I grew up singing was a tune that wanted to stop me from 
praying so maybe it's designation as a closing hymn was not only deliberate 
but rather appropriate. 

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