[HANASHIR:5559] RE: Adonai s'fatai tiftakh

[Chazzzan <Chazzzan...>]

Steve, I have to disagree.  This IS about songleading, or more properly, about 
PRAYER leading.  I did not mean to open a Pandora's box here.  I will NEVER 
judge the validity of one practice or another.  I just care about what works 
for ME.  The only time it presents a problem is when a congregant comes up to 
me after services and says, "Brian, I am SHOCKED, you repeated G-d's name 4 
times!" or another says, "Can't you do some English singing instead?"  I always 
try to find a balance in meeting each congregation's needs...EXCEPT when 
leading Orthodox services, where I avoid all repetition of words and try to 
follow all the fine-print instructions in the  Artscroll Siddur.

Shabbat Shalom, everyone!

Brian Serle

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