Amongst the many
Gedolim whose Minhag
was not to
say לדוד ה' אורי from R. Chodesh
Ellul till
Simchas Torah, was the Vilna Gaon.
The Aderes*
writes the reason for not
saying it, was
because of Tircha Detzibura.
Saying one
Kapitel Tehillim takes up too
much time from
the Tzibbur.
Perhaps we can
explain the Aderes /Gaon,
There is no
mention in Bavli, Yerushalmi,
Rishonim, Tur
& Shulchan Aruch etc. to say
Ledovid Hashem
(in Ellul)
The first to
mention to say it Betzibbur** is
the Sefer Chemdas
Hayomim*** & the Sefer
Shem Tov Katan
which are Sifrei Kabbala****.
The Gaon in
general was against adding
additional
Tefillos. He tried to stick to
the original
Tefillos from the Anshei
Knesses Hagedola.
A Shliach
Tzibbur who starts one minute
late in a Minyan
of 100 people, wasted
not one minute
but100 minutes. (Tircha
of 100 people
times 1 minute)
Adding a Kapitel
Tehillim which takes
to say only one
minute can at times
be considered
taking 100 minutes.
This might
explain why the Gaon
considered it
Tircha Detzibura and
didn't add it to
the Tefilos during Ellul etc.
.
Sunday א' אלול
most Shuls will be
saying 3
Kapitlach Tehillim at end
of Davening.
1)
לדוד מזמור (שיר של יום)
2)
לדוד ה' אורי
3) ברכי נפשי
According to the
Gaon all you
would say is ברכי נפשי
*הרב אליהו דןד רבינוביץ תאומים
(he was a
twin)
**The Sefer
Shem Tov Katan
printed before
the Chemdas Hayomim
mentions only
to say it ביחיד .
***major contoversey who the
author
was.Some don't say
Ledovid Hashem
Ori
claiming the
source
is Nasan
Ha'azasi yms.
**** I believe
the first Halacha Sefer
to say it is
the Mateh Efraim
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