DY:
Mw13: I would imagine that this was the basis for R’ Dovid Feinstein’s psak as well.
Yes, that was my understanding, as I heard from the rav of the shul. I agree with your assessment of the issue.
That’s reassuring; assuming the nature of a psak is somewhat of a risk.
ubiquitin:
2) Are you really trying to tell me that you thing song is inherently important?
3) I think you may have missed the main thrust of that segment: None of those names, as far as I know, are common in other societies. So it would be hard to say that they stem from outside influences.
But anyway, as I pointed out in my original post on the subject, I take all of these explanations to R’ Chaim’s opposition to the name Shira with a grain of salt. For all we know, the true reason could be something totally different from all of them.
SL, don’t worry I am certainly not “bent out of shape”. I just thought something had to be said about the direction these threads keep taking, so I said something. I hope you didn’t take it the wrong way.
Happy Go Lucky, I do appreciate your attempts to be rodef shalom.