Halachah
Real minhagim have a halachic power whereas a made-up practice does not
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Parshah
L Lecha Dodi, the quintessential prayer welcoming the Shabbos Queen (the “Bride”), written by 16th-century Tzfas kabbalist Rav Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, is at the center of the Kabbalas Shabbos tefillah. In virtually every community, it’s recited in song — either a standard tune specific to that kehillah, or a weekly selection from a collection of familiar
Faigy Peritzman