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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do all you folks go to Conservative shuls that do not use the new mahzor? In addition to good translations (which they have always had, so I do not know why y'all do not know what you are singing) it has lots of good explanations, historical notes, as well as philosophy and poetry in English.

Also, if you are serious about any kind of Jewish culture, including secular it is good to learn some Hebrew.  Much of the Hebrew of the prayer book really is not that hard. Loads of words are used again and again.   [/quote]

ugh. whatever, SanctiJew. Not everyone wants to learn a foreign language with a different alphabet just to read prayers they don't care about.  And I know Hebrew. 
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I guess I was thinking of folks who are interested, but intimated by the language - the folks looking for a Reform or Reconstructionist shul.

And of course if you are secular, Hebrew will help you connect with your secular Jewish heritage - the secular hebrew poetry and literature of the last hundred years, heck even the name of political parties and phenomena in Israel.

I am not hostile to davening, but I am also old enough to remember when being a secular Jew did not mean being a Jew lite, but being fully committed to Jewish culture - which means at least passing familiarity with at least one historic jewish language IMO, Maybe the folk
s above do not want Hebrew because they are Yiddishists - of course in that case they would not need to learn a new alphabet to read the Mahzor.

More likely the are Yiddin on loshen - Jews without tongues as the saying goes. [/quote]

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