Author Topic: Maamar Lecha Dodi (Read 10776 times)

kalzone · « **on:** January 28, 2013, 01:12:29 AM »

Hi Everyone,

I am looking for an electronic copy of Lecha Dodi, I want to start memorizing, but I am not going home for a while. Any ideas?

Cholentfresser · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2013, 01:15:43 AM »

You looking for the English version (The majestic bride), the previous rebbe's, or the rebbe's?

kalzone · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2013, 01:23:52 AM »

I am looking for the yiddish version to say at my wedding

Fan of Dan · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2013, 01:36:50 AM »

Quote from: kalzone on January 28, 2013, 01:23:52 AM

I am looking for the yiddish version to say at my wedding

Mazel tov

Cholentfresser · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2013, 01:55:59 AM »

Quote from: Fan of Dan on January 28, 2013, 01:36:50 AM

Mazel tov

+1

txtmax4 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2013, 02:24:03 AM »

MT!
http://chabadlibrary.org/books/default.aspx?furl=/admur/mlukat/4/30&search=%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8+%D7%9C%D7%9A+%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99

Bonus

: http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=31755

AsherO · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2013, 03:10:50 AM »

Know anyone (FFB) who did it in English? Am I kidding myself hoping people will actually listen if I say it coherently?

elig770 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2013, 03:29:06 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 28, 2013, 03:10:50 AM

Know anyone (FFB) who did it in English? Am I kidding myself hoping people will actually listen if I say it coherently?

IMHO it would be a idea to say it in Hebrew but give a small introduction in English... No one listens no matter how you say it and it only makes sense to say in Yiddish if it's a language you would learn it in. Any thoughts?

AsherO · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:10:19 AM »

Quote from: elig770 on January 28, 2013, 03:29:06 AM

IMHO it would be a idea to say it in Hebrew but give a small introduction in English... No one listens no matter how you say it and it only makes sense to say in Yiddish if it's a language you would learn it in. Any thoughts?

Why would I learn it in Yiddish? It's published in Hebrew and I'll learn it in (Hebrew and) English.

yuneeq · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:17:38 AM »

Can someone explain to me the idea of a chosson singing/reciting Lecha Dodi during the wedding?

Just clueless

elig770 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:18:43 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 28, 2013, 04:10:19 AM

Why would I learn it in Yiddish? It's published in Hebrew and I'll learn it in (Hebrew and) English.

That's my point... The whole reason people world say it in Yiddish is because they would learn in Yiddish, but these days most people learn in English.

dirah · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:24:55 AM »

Quote from: yuneeq on January 28, 2013, 04:17:38 AM

Can someone explain to me the idea of a chosson singing/reciting Lecha Dodi during the wedding?

Just clueless

"In Chabad circles, it is customary for the groom to deliver a chassidic discourse which discusses the mystical implications of marriage. The particular discourse recited is entitled Lecha Dodi, and contains ideas culled from the writings of all the Chabad Rebbes, and serves as an "invitation" for these holy chassidic masters to join and bless the wedding ceremony."

This discourse was first delivered by the Rebbe Rayatz in the Tomchei Temimim Yeshivah in Warsaw, at the marriage of his second daughter to the Rebbe on the 14th of Kislev, 5689 [1928].

yuneeq · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:28:15 AM »

Quote from: dirah on January 28, 2013, 04:24:55 AM

"In Chabad circles, it is customary for the groom to deliver a chassidic discourse which discusses the mystical implications of marriage. The particular discourse recited is entitled Lecha Dodi, and contains ideas culled from the writings of all the Chabad Rebbes, and serves as an "invitation" for these holy chassidic masters to join and bless the wedding ceremony".

Oh, cool. I didn't realize that they're not just reciting the regular Lecha Dodi translated to Yiddish.

AsherO · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:38:03 AM »

Quote from: elig770 on January 28, 2013, 04:18:43 AM

That's my point... The whole reason people world say it in Yiddish is because they would learn in Yiddish, but these days most people learn in English.

So why not say it in English?

elig770 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:44:33 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 28, 2013, 04:38:03 AM

So why not say it in English?

As no one listens anyways it will be easier to knock off quicker in Hebrew, not in your own words. But it would be nice to give an explanation before... Again this is just my opinion. I don't think there's a right or wrong here.

dirah · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:45:58 AM »

Quote from: kalzone on January 28, 2013, 01:23:52 AM

I am looking for the yiddish version to say at my wedding

There is no Yiddish version. Its in Hebrew, and you Chazzer it with your own Yiddish.

Quote from: txtmax4 on January 28, 2013, 02:24:03 AM

MT!
http://chabadlibrary.org/books/default.aspx?furl=/admur/mlukat/4/30&search=%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8+%D7%9C%D7%9A+%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99

Bonus : http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=31755

Hang on.
I assume he wants the Maamar of the Rebbe Rayatz (unless something has changed in the last couple of years that I don't know about).

elig770 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:49:59 AM »

Quote from: dirah on January 28, 2013, 04:45:58 AM

There is no Yiddish version. Its in Hebrew, and you Chazzer it with your own Yiddish.
Hang on.
I assume he wants the Maamar of the Rebbe Rayatz (unless something has changed in the last couple of years that I don't know about).

I believe most people say the Rebbe's Maamar nowadays. I've also heard of people doing both but have never seen it done.

dirah · « **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:50:57 AM »

Quote from: elig770 on January 28, 2013, 04:49:59 AM

I believe most people say the Rebbe's Maamar nowadays. I've also heard of people doing both but have never seen it done.

Wow, this is news to me. When did "nowadays" begin?

elig770 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:56:22 AM »

Quote from: dirah on January 28, 2013, 04:50:57 AM

Wow, this is news to me. When did "nowadays" begin?

I may be mistaken. I remember discussing it back and forth with a friend who recently got married. If I remember correctly the conclusion was most people do the Rebbe's Maamer so that's what he did. I don't think there is really a set thing here though.

Maybe AsherO can chime in here... Anyone recently get married or getting married?

dirah · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2013, 05:02:09 AM »

Quote from: elig770 on January 28, 2013, 04:56:22 AM

I may be mistaken. I remember discussing it back and forth with a friend who recently got married. If I remember correctly the conclusion was most people do the Rebbe's Maamer so that's what he did. I don't think there is really a set thing here though.

Maybe AsherO can chime in here... Anyone recently get married or getting married?

I just had a look at the two Maamarim, and you're right.
I said the Rebbe's Maamar... quite a number of years ago.
I must be getting old ... losing my mind.
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