tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38561663.post4188352106684286298..comments2023-10-31T09:47:46.994-04:00Comments on Rabbi Pinky Schmeckelstein: Ask Rabbi Pinky -- On the Essence of PrayerRabbi Pinky Schmeckelsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16415028859483212296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38561663.post-51947006081001568572007-06-14T18:43:00.000-04:002007-06-14T18:43:00.000-04:00I am troubled by this answer. Surely the questionn...I am troubled by this answer. Surely the questionner should be told to do whatever his own tradition dictates? Otherwise he is like an Askenazi who eats kitniot and as I understand it a thunderbolt will one day come and strike the person davenning next to him, in order to discourage association with the transgressors save on Yom Kippur.<BR/><BR/>If the questionner does not know his own tradition, or his tradition (as my family's) is not to daven at all, then surely he should either adopt Minhag Artscroll and say everything anyone has ever said whilst simultaneously touching both his tefillin, all his tztitzit, and the top of his head in imitation of a chicken. <BR/><BR/>Or he should pick up a siddur at random and daven from it for ever, thereby allowing God to dictate his choice. I hear that the Liberal siddur is very short and does not have Aleinu at all as it refers to God - so that would solve the problem entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38561663.post-10375383919870711582007-06-14T12:45:00.000-04:002007-06-14T12:45:00.000-04:00ROFL (As usual).ROFL (As usual).Baal Haboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861222390091673835noreply@blogger.com