[HANASHIR:2576] Re:

[Carol Leon <cbleon...>]

Different congregations, different traditions.  Our
very participatory reform congregation reads the fine
print "Adonai s'fatai..." together in Hebrew and in 
English, changing it to "Open our lips that our mouths..."

--Carol Boyd Leon
  Burke, VA

>The quote used before begining of the T'fillah ("Adonai s'fatai
>tiftakh...") is traditionally said in a hushed undertone by the 
individual,
>and not by the congregation. You will notice the line is, unlike most 
of
>the T'fillah, in first person singular (Open MY lips that MY mouth...).
>

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