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[HANASHIR:1748] Re: Correcton on the bimah (was Re: the words to rise & s...

In a message dated 98-11-10 23:15:25 EST, you write:

<< ear a lot of people mispronounce English when doing readings at
 our congregation.  It seems to be somehow "acceptable" these days, just as
not
 knowing how to spell is more acceptable than it used to be.  In the long run,
 no one should really embarrass someone by correcting them in public 

<<(unless correcting them while reading the Torah is part of that
congregation's minhag) but I think we should all strive to pronounce words
correctly, in any
 language. >>

Technically, you are suppose to make a correction when reading from the Torah.
The Hebrew is suppose to be correct.  If it is not your synagogue's minhag to
correct the Torah reader, then I suggest the gabbai says the word correctly,
so that at least somebody is saying it right.

Cantor Devorah Felder-Levy

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