Re: Another question about European shul services

moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Jeff Amdur <jefam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I have another question about the shul services I went to in Paris and
in Madrid a couple of years ago. (FWIW, this was hardly my first trip
to those two locales, as I spent most of my life teaching French and
Spanish; but this was the first time I had been there since my return
to the shul-going fold.) =20

I noticed that at the Shabbos and Pesach services I attended (and
these weren't small minyans but major shuls like the Grand Synagogue
in Paris and the largest synagogue in Madrid (ironically located
around the corner from the Avenida de la Sagrada Familia and the
"Iglesias"--meaning "churches"-- Metro station), the shabbos services
ended right after Aleinu and the Mourners' Kaddish. They didn't
include Ein Keloheinu, Anim Zmiros or Adon Olom. When I asked about
that, the congregants said that the singing of those songs at the end
of Musaf was probably "an American thing".

Were they right? I had never been to a Shabbos service that didn't
end with Adon Olom. How does the Shabbos service end in Israel?
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It depends on the shul. All AFAIK, say Ein Keloheinu and Anim Zmiros.

Some, including all Chabad do not say Anim Zemirot.

My siddur has Adon Olom printed at the end but I don't recall ever
seeing a shul that says it.

Moshe Schorr
It is a tremendous Mitzvah to always be happy! - Reb Nachman of Breslov
The home and family are the center of Judaism, *not* the synagogue.
May Eliezer Mordichai b. Chaya Sheina Rochel have a refuah shlaimah
btoch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.
Disclaimer: Nothing here necessarily reflects the opinion of Hebrew University
Ksiva v"CHatima Tova

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