[HANASHIR:3003] Re: High Holiday music

[Wolff, Josee, Cantor <JWolff...>]

Hi there, this Cantor Josee Wolff.  I will be at Hava Nashira and will be
happy to offer a workshop session on High Holiday Music, even though it may
not appear on the formal schedule.  But I'll talk to Donny and see if we can
devote one of the "New-sach" sessions to this.   See you in Wisconsin.

Josee 

Cantor Josee Wolff
Associate Director, Commission on Synagogue Music
(212) 650-4226  Musiccommission (at) uahc(dot)org

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> Subject:      [HANASHIR:3002] Re: High Holiday music
> 
> Although you are perfectly correct in choosing how, when and where you
> want 
> to practice your Judaism it is incorrect to rationalize your personal 
> disconnection from Halacha by saying the departure will bring others
> closer 
> to Judaism. What Judaism is it you are bringing them to? This is not a 
> putdown on any particular form of Judaism but we as leaders do have a 
> responsibility to provide as authentic an experience as we can. I was 
> perfectly comfortable with the dialogue and peoples expressions of what
> they 
> feel they need to do to function as a professional during the long day of
> Y"K 
> . I heard people speaking on behalf of themselves but nobody had yet
> poskined 
> on behalf of the Klal. When we act as a shalaich tzibur we must realize
> the 
> tzibur is counting on us to have them in mind with every word we say/sing.
> We 
> also have a responsiblity to try to raise them to the highest level. If
> you 
> need to drink, drink, but please don;t believe or lead others to beleive 
> there is any halachic ruling that allows you to do so unless as someone
> had 
> stated there is a health consideration. It says in Pirki Avos (t) sorry,
> that 
> we should be brought up to Torah, not bring the Torah down to us. We are
> not 
> supposed to think that by compromising halacha people will be brought
> closer. 
> People are brought closer by an authentic answer to their Jewish
> questions. 
> Suggesting that current contempory conditions would allow for such a
> change 
> in the halacha regarding fasting on Y"K is totally untrue. If someone
> chooses 
> to do otherwise I'm sure they would rather do so knowing the whole story
> as 
> opposed to feeling they had some kind of incorrect approval. 
> 

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