[HANASHIR:8236] Re: Kol Isha

[Rachelle and Howard Shubert <notfranz...>]

Marsha made a good point when she noted that the Kol Isha issue varies from
one Orthodox shul to another, even Modern Orthodox.  The rabbi in the Modern
Orthodox day school where I teach seems to enjoy hearing me sing and often
has a compliment to offer.  In another Modern Orthodox shul I have been
pulled away from the microphone by the rabbi at a wedding, where I had
understood that the music had been cleared by the bride.

Rachelle Shubert

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Rachelle Shubert
Lay Cantor Rishon
Temple Israel, Ottawa

Choir Director
Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Montreal

Music Educator
Hebrew Foundation School, Dollard des Ormeaux
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----- Original Message -----
From: Marsha Fensin <mfsings (at) ccr(dot)net>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:8230] Re: Kol Isha


> Dear Chevreh,
>     I have a Kol Isha story I'd like to share.  I used to teach music in a
local
> Hebrew school and one of the Hebrew teachers into whose class I went in
regularly
> was an Orthodox rabbi who was also the community chaplain.  The first day
of
> class I explained to him that I would let him know when I was done.  He
looked me
> in the eye and said, " you aren't singing, you are teaching prayer" , and
he
> prayed quietly to himself while I sang and taught the class. But, he did
stay in
> class all year. His attitude opened the door for me for study and growth
and
> dialogue.
>     However, his own rabbi, thought very differently, and would often
totally
> avoid me and always walked out whenever I sang anywhere in the community.
>     Halacha is as Halacha does. I have noticed that it changes ever so
slightly
> from Orthodox shul to Orthodox shul.  It is the intent in the
heart-Kavanah- that
> is important, and I respect all Jews' rights to think and practice as they
want,
> even when they don't respect mine. That was a difficult lesson to learn,
but, it
> IS doable.
>     Kol Israel Chaverim.
> Marsha
>
>
>

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