Always Ask: No doubt the Mahzor is authentic. You may recall that In the opening scene of Fiddler on the Roof, the rebbe’s son asks his father: “Is there a proper blessing for the tsar?” The rabbi responds: “A blessing for the Kesar?”ponders the question for awhile, then pronounces: “Of course . . . May God bless and keep the Kesar . . . far away from us!”. In our case, such a baracha for the leadership of our country on the yom tovim wouldn’t be enough so silence is perhaps a preferable option.
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