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#91 - Piyyutim and Creative Worship

#91 - Piyyutim and Creative Worship18 jun12 min

<p>Do you like creative liturgy - poems and thought-pieces and readings that add to or replace the traditional <em>siddur </em>text ? If you do, you probably know that Orthodox Jews claim that such creativity with the liturgy is a violation of the <em>halakhah</em>.</p><p>Hmm - it seems that we&#39;ve been through all this before.</p><p>A look at how today&#39;s innovations in public prayer are simply the latest round in a centuries-old halakhic controversy.</p><p><br></p>