Re: Associations

[Alex Jacobowitz <Alex_Jacobowitz...>]

B"H Munich

Does somebody own Adon Olam? 
>yes. Klal Yisrael.

Do you believe it has always been sung to one particular melody?
>But that's not the point, is it? Every Shabbat liturgy ever heard of
uses Adon Olam. Agreed? So we can admit that there's a "convention"
of sorts - across the spectrum. Now, if there's a similar convention
for the notorious itsy-bitsy melody, why disrupt it? 

What if 15% of mashgichim (supervisors of kashrus standards) 
one day decided that this "gantse megillah" (whole story) about 
separating meat and milk was "childish," and sought alternatives - 
each to his/her own tastes?

One decides it's okay to mix meat and milk only on Mondays and Thursdays.

Another decides that mixing meat and milk is okay *anytime, as long as it
is
"spritually uplifting" - for instance, as long as you make a bracha
(blessing) over it.

Yet a third takes the Talmudic concept of "battul b'shishim" (that one
quantity 
inside another is considered negligible if found in less than a 1:60 ratio)
- meaning
that you can mix meat and milk once every two months! (Gregorian, of
course...)

Please, ladies and gentlemen of the musical jury, keep your hands off our
traditions, even if you think you know where they came from. Because once
you remove the boundaries, we'll no longer know what's ours anymore - and
what isn't.
Wanna sing "Adon Olam" to melodies from Carmen? Then sing it in the shower,
please.
Except for the last line - the one that mentions His name. According to
Halacha, 
that's not allowed to be said (let alone sung) while naked.

To not know the difference between "bless Mordechai" and "curse Haman" is a
mitzva
ONLY on Purim - NOT the rest of the year...

a freylach Purim!

Aj