The unclear Kalir

 

The unclear Kalir   The 'אבן עזרא קהלת ה criticizes the Piyutim of the קליר. He has four main complaints against them.  1) Most of them are חידות (riddles) & משלים (parables)  2) Instead of לשון הקדש, he mixes in לשון התלמוד 3) He invents words & uses improper דקדוק (poetic license) 4) They are based on מדרשות & אגדות instead of פשט The תשובת מהרשד"ם  (O..Ch 35) writes,  The Sephardic Paytonim  have a simpler language, and are more easily understood, whereas the Ashkenazi Paytonim use difficult words and even the ש"ץ doesn't understand what he is saying. The  מהרשד"ם  recommends switching to Nusach Sfard, (בני עדות המזרח) which he claims is a superior Nusach.   "אל תטוש תורת אמך  is not a problem because it's only applicable when there is a small איסור involved and not for changing a נוסח התפילה. The Chasam Sofer (Hagohos O.Ch.68) writes that the מהרשד"ם wasn't aware of the מגן אברהם  (68) who writes. "you are not allowed to change the נוסח התפילה because there are 12 gates in heaven, one for each שבט. Each one  has his own Minhag. The ירושלמי says they are all equal  you should not change from the Minhag of your fathers." Had the מהרשד"ם been aware of this M.A., he would nםt have written what he wrote. This coming Shabbos (Zachor) in the Piyut from קליר   אָץ- He rushed קוֹצֵץ בֶּן קוֹצֵץ - the clipper son of the clipper  (רשע בן רשע) קְצוּצַי לְקַצֵּץ - the clipped to clip (Bnei Yisroel -  the harmed to harm) בְּדִבּוּר מְפוֹצֵץ - with slander  רְצוּצַי לְרוֹצֵץ - the crushed to crush (Bnei Yisroel) לֵץ בְּבוֹאוֹ לְלוֹצֵץ - when the רשע came to do evil פֻּלַּץ וְנִתְלוֹצֵץ - the evil turned back against him כְּעָץ מְחַצְּצִים לְחַצֵּץ - for wanting to shoot arrows on Bnei Yisroel כְּנֵץ עַל יוֹנָה לְנַצֵּץ - and wanting to devour like a hawk the dove