Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading We did something like this a long time ago, but people still remember it and every so often we get a request for a reprint due to worn out or lost pages. This gives us an opportunity to redo it, rather than just reprint it. The essence of Kedusha are the p'sukim KADOSH KADOSH KADOSH, BARUCH K'VOD, (and YIMLOCH). N'KADEISH (or NAKDISHACH) and the Musaf equivalent is an invitation of the Shali'ach Tzibur (a.k.a. chazan, cantor, reader, leader, hereafter SHA"TZ) to the Kahal (congregation) to come together to say Kedusha (it being one of the things that require a minyan). As such, this opening statement of invitation was meant to be said by the SHA"TZ alone. Somewhere along the way, the Kahal started saying the SHA"TZ's parts either with him or, more commonly, before he says them. But essentially, they are for the SHA"TZ. The same goes for the SHA"TZ's introductions to each pasuk. Some people follow the opinions of the GR"A (Vilna Gaon), Aruch HaShulchan, and others, and say only the p'sukim of Kedusha, not the SHA"TZ's introductions for each pasuk. That is, SHA"TZ finishes M'CHAYEI HAMEITIM, then says N'KADEISH (or the equivalent) by himself, and then the Kahal says KADOSH KADOSH... And so on. The SHA"TZ, by the way, is supposed to say the p'sukim with - and prefer- ably louder than - the Kahal, or at least begin the p'sukim before the kahal finishes them. Leave that for now. Here's the point. If you say only the p'sukim, then they work equally well in all NUSCHA'OT. Ashekaz, S'fard, Eidot Mizrach, Yemenite. We all say the same p'sukim. But the SHA"TZ parts differ. And if you (as part of the Kahal) say them, you are supposed to use the text of the kahal rather than your own. That's why, on the other side of this page, you will find SHABBAT KEDUSHA for Ashkenazim, both Nusach S'fard and Nusach Ashkenaz. Shacharit (in the solid-line boxes), and Musaf (in the broken-line boxes). For Musaf of Shabbat (and Yom Tov), SH'MA YISRAEL joins the p'sukim of Kedusha and is said by all. The Kedusha on the other side of this page is useful for people who daven in shuls that have the other Nusach from their personal one, and especially if you daven in a Chazan-sets-the- Nusach kind of minyan so common in many neighborhoods. Also, if you begin your Amida with the SHA"TZ, then you say Kedusha with him, including all his parts (in his Nusach), even if you usually say just the main p'sukim. So the Kedusha page can be useful in that case too. [The Parshat B'har-B'chukotai Homepage]
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