Is it proper to prolong and beautify the Shabbat zemirot with melody, and may one admonish a chazzan who prolongs them?
Synopsis
The Rema rules it is proper to prolong and beautify the Shabbat zemirot, and one may not admonish a chazzan who does so. However, all authorities qualify that the prolongation must not prevent eating before the sixth hour, and the manner of melody must not distort words or letters.
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