I go to a sefardic shul for morning prayers every morning and now during the month of elul they have started saying selichos. Ashkenazim only have to say 1 week of selichos because as a general rule we have less to be forgiven for.
Sefardim don't just say selichos, though, they chant them. And sometimes they slaughter a goat in the middle.
The way it works is different people randomly start leading the chant at different places, so one guy might start chanting out loud and everyone will start answering and then in the middle a different guy will start his own chant.
Today someone started rapping instead of chanting. I think he was going for a new selichos feel. But he actually rapped shomer yisrael. It was very moving. Then he started to breakdance and that's when the rabbi asked him to leave. He felt that it was inappropriate to rap and breakdance the selichos as it is supposed to be a chanting with minor in-sync swaying.
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was shul also imagination or did you actually go?
Ashkenazim only have to say 1 week of selichos because as a general rule we have less to be forgiven for.
As a sepharadi, I resemble that remark.
But he actually rapped shomer yisrael.
While I chant Shomer Yisrael daily during Selihot, I cannot picture it being rapped to. Maybe have the guy redo it, and post a link to the audio, if possible. Or even better, get a video of it on youtube.
as an ashkenazi, i think we say less, because we care less. I think sefardim are simply more "in tune" with the Lord better.
I think that some sefardim are more in tune with God and some ashkenazim are more in tune with God.
I know some sefardim and ashkenazim who are not in tune with god at all.
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