0696 - Saying Gadlu Along with the Chazan

00:01 By Kriyas Hateirah, the meaning is that when they take out the Sefer Torah and they give it to the Chazan, the Chazan says, "Gadlu," and then people answer, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." The way the Alter Rebbe writes it in the Siddur, it says that Omer Hashatz, the Shliach Tzibur says, "Gadlu L'shem iti," and Hakol Oylim, and the Kol, the people, answer, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." So b'pashtus it seems like that the word, the posuk "Gadlu," only the Chazan says. And the people answer, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." And it makes sense because Gadlu means he's telling the people, he's holding the Sefer Torah and telling the people, "Gadlu L'shem iti, make Hashem great with me." And the answer when he says, "Make Hashem great," they answer, "Yes, L'cha Hashem Hagdolah," et cetera, et cetera. That's the way it seems in the Alter Rebbe. But when I paid attention by the Rebbe, he would say, "Gadlu," the posuk, "Gadlu," together with the Chazan. And it seems like maybe other times they didn't do that, but to me it seemed like the reason he's doing it is because the pe'al is written in the Siddur. So Gadlu is part of the Seder HaTefilah. On the other hand, you have to answer, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." The Chazan says, "Gadlu." He's the one that's offering Gadlu and everyone answers, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." But since it's in the Siddur, so it's part of the Tefilah, so you also want to say it. So to be yotzer, this is a svara, that to be yotzer

01:25 both in yoniim. So he did, he answered it to the Chazan. So after the Chazan said, "Gadlu," he said, "L'cha Hashem Hagdolah." But while the Chazan was saying, "Gadlu," he said it together with the Chazan. And the shailah is by other things how the Rebbe did. I don't know. I'm not familiar. Moshel by Kiddush Levana, when you say, it says to your friend, you say, "Shalom aleichem." It says he answers, "Aleichem shalom." The shailah is, do you also repeat, "Aleichem shalom"? On one hand, because it's part of the nusach of Kiddush Levana, so you should say it too. But on the other hand, the whole idea is you say it to him and he answers to you. So I know that there is an argument amongst people who saw it. I never paid attention really. I wasn't able to stand so close to see. The machloket is whether the Rebbe said, "Aleichem shalom" also or not. But here, at least the times that I saw, I saw that the Rebbe did say, "Gadlu" together with the Chazan.