Re: adon olam

[janeen kobrinsky <janeenk...>]

Adrian wrote:

Janeen

It is nice to reach a point where the meaning and intent of a prayer or
piyyut
becomes so meaningful that one does not wish to use it in a more "fun"
spirit.
But is not the next logical step to move beyond that, and, having
internalized
the meaning of the prayer, do it even greater homage by using it in
everyday
moments, even in fun? Sing Adon Olam to some silly tune not because you
don't
like any other tune, you don't understand it, or because you just want
to be
silly, but because it is so special to you that you want to sing it all
the
time, to any melody!

Adrian

Dear Adrian,

to sing it to silly tunes is not the same as internalizing it and
singing it to other melodies...would you sing el moley to a silly tune?
would you sing the kaddish to a silly tune?

adon olam is an extraordinary prayer...
I have in my day been guilty of singing it to everything from "waltzing
matilda" to the "a&w root bear" tune....

but since really reading this prayer...no can do...it is so special that
no silly tune will do it anymore.

best
Janeen