Chicken N. Backpacks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gee, anyone who's done a high school production of > 'Fiddler on the Roof' knows that! > > :-)
This is a really good site for non-Jews who are, or intend to be, converting to Judaism through Orthodox rabbis...
...and also for previously non-observant Jews (definition for this: any Jew who is not Orthodox) who are making the transition to Orthodox observance.
Fun to read...and once again (this happens fairly frequently in my life, for one reason or another) I thank Hashem ["God"] that I, personally, am NOT---and will never be!!!---Orthodox.
However: if anyone wants to learn about daily, on-the-ground Orthodox Jewish observance in an easily accessible way, "this [site] is the place."
;) ;) ;)
[And yes, the pronunciation of "Amen" varies according to the Jewish sectors and identities of the Jews who are pronouncing it...and, mostly, it IS different than most non-Jews say it.]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/01/2016 05:25PM by Tevai.
Where I go it's said the same as anywhere, USA as in the same pronunciation "ah-men."
Where used to attend a Messianic synagogue the Messie rabbi would say like this version of Orthodox "Ah-mein, and ah-mein."
He fancied himself a true blue Jew but a Messianic convert, with a very Christian Waspy wife.
Now I'll pay more attention when fellowshipping among the multi-sects of Judaism next time I attend a community center function.
Among the limited Orthodox experience I haven't noticed this expression of 'ah-mein' before where I live. So am wondering whether it is cultural and based on regional/geographic locale?
One thing I've learned is Jews do *not* kneel in prayer. That is considered a pagan practice.
I was told in choir to sing "ah-mein" because it is easier to sustain a pleasing note than "ah-men". Never us "a-men" when singing is sounds needlessly harsh.