Why We Can't (and Shouldn't) Edit the Text of Davening (Part 2)

The Tefilah Podcast

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In this evening's tefilah shiur (11/18/21) we set out to answer the two questions we raised last time: (1) Why can't/shouldn't we change the scientifically inaccurate parts of tefilah to make them more accurate? (2) Why can't/shouldn't we change the text of tefilah in general? After a brief recap of Part 1, we learned FOUR answers to the first question, while also resolving a major NEW problem that came up in the process. I had actually prepared a fifth answer which I forgot about, so we'll have to save that for next time, along with at least a partial answer for the second question.
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מקורות:
נוסח אשכנז - ברכה ראשונה שלפני קריאת שמע של מעריב
נוסח אשכנז - ברכה ראשונה שלפני קריאת שמע של שחרית שבת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כוהנים א:א-ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות א:ה-ו
אבודרהם - ב:ב + מעריב של חול
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:נט
שד"ל - בראשית ח:כא
"Blessings and Thanksgiving: Reflections on the Siddur and Synagogue" from the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
ר"י בר יקר - שחרית של שבת
"Nature," by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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