nishdayngesheft – You know, ad hominem attacks really don’t make you correct either. If I really wanted (and believe me, sometimes I do) I could write, pretty much word for word, what you wrote to rebdoniel about you. I don’t, for a number of reasons. Principally because saying ‘you’re mad’ is pointless and doesn’t mean a thing. Same applies to Zeeskite whose comment was anything but zees.
Now I’m a yekke, and am all for saying piyutim (we say virtually every piyut going) but *gasp* there were many rishonim who didn’t hold of piyutim. And yes, they knew who wrote them and probably what kavonos they had too. And they still disagreed with saying piyutim, sometimes in some very strong language. So what it boils down to is ‘some do, some don’t’. And everyone should respect each others right to follow their minhag or shitta (provided they are within the bounds of halacha, of course.)
Now, can everyone please chill?