THE BIG BANG

PART #1                    THE BIG BANG   There is a מחלוקת between The רשב"א and the מהרש"ל, if the שמש may announce ( ראש חדש (יעלה ויבא [or ותן טל ומטר-ברכה] between Kaddish and Shemoneh Esrai. The רשב"א allows and the מהרש"ל claims it is a הפסק.  5 שיטות Some Poskim hold, The שמש should announce between Kaddish and the Shmoneh Esrai (1) “ ותן טל ומטר”. Others minimize the הפסק by announcing only (2) “  טל ומטר" (no V’sain) Others reduce the הפסק to one word (3) “שאלה “ There are others who hold like the מהרש"ל and no announcement is done before the Shmoneh Esrai. They make the שמש announce it (4) during his own Shmoneh Esrai, by saying out loud ותן טל ומטר. Others hold, it is not right *to announce while the Tzibbur is in middle of their Shmoneh Esrai. (5) They make the שמש start his Shmoneh Esrai earlier than the Tzibbur so when he reaches to ותן טל ומטר theTzibbur will be holding between the Kaddish and Shmoneh Esrai. Then he announces it aloud. It is interesting, none of the  Poskim ever considered it as an option, to do it the way it’s done today, in most Shuls, to just bang on the Bimah without any announcement at all. WHY NOT?   *The Be’er Moishe (Debrecen) defends those who say aloud “ V’sain Tal Umotor” etc. during their davening. By doing so, they remind others. The Chazon Ish on the other hand, wasn’t fond of it.