Although there seems to be an old established minhag to change the ending of the last bracha of shmoneh esrei from ha'mevarech es amo yisrael ba'shalom to oseh ha'shalom during the aseres ymei teshuvah, many (I would say most) shuls these days opt to keep the standard ending rather than tamper with the nusach of the chasimas habracha. I've noticed most of these same shuls have no problem on Yom Tov changing the chasimas habracha of retzey from ha'machazir Shechinaso l'Tzion to she'odcha levadcha b'yirah naavod.
Tartei d'sasrei, or can you come up with a difference?
All I can do is at to the argument AGAINST there being a difference.
ReplyDeleteIn Nusach Eretz Yisrael, as testified to in the Cairo Genizah, "she'osekha levadkha" and "oseh hashalom" were the standard endings. In both cases, Ashkenazim are paying homage to the refugees from Eretz Yisrael amongst our origins (typically via Rome and Provence) by giving their nusach a nod a minority of the time, but at a critical junction.
The modifications share common history. And how can we claim we pasqen one was what Anshei Keneses haGdolah established, but not the other?
מה היה הנוסח במקדש
ReplyDeleteRE: Why some shuls are more OK with hamachazir, Rabbi Jonathan Muskat addresses it in the following shiur. It has to do with how the alt girsah is much older, for hamachazir then for oseh hashalom.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/933796/rabbi-jonathan-muskat/the-fight-over-peace-oseh-hashalom-or-hamevarech-et-amo-yisrael-bashalom-during-aseret-ymei-teshuva/
"I've noticed most of these same shuls..."
ReplyDeletesounds like an itinerant writing, without a makom kavua!?
but look! makom kavua, Berachos 7b, based on Shmuel II 7:10. this is "ha'mevarech es amo yisrael ba'shalom".
and look! makom kavua, Berachos 6b, based on Avraham avinu. this is "oseh ha'shalom" {the added hei of his name alluding to the added hei here, and pasuk 18:32b, lo ash'chis ba'avur ha'asarah, alluding to the "aseres ymei teshuvah"}.
could this double take imply that, while the former ending is established most of the time (an Am Yisrael planted firmly), the latter ending lives too*, from year-to-year?
*the King, during his final 10 days in the field, tests by their roots his planted people, with a tug here and a tug there, and then decides...