[HANASHIR:4686] Re: choir names and uniforms

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

Also....on another subject....dare I express ...Talasim
>(Talatot) for a (mixed) choir is not in order. Talasim are a mans
>garment...sorry ladies...just the facts...if the choir were singing on 
>Purim
>morning would the female members wear T'fillan? Uh oh...here we go!!!

Yes, I agree that this is a bit of a Pandora's box, but let's see...
Each girl and boy at my temple creates her/his own talit which she/he may 
choose to wear at services and at her/his bat/bar mitzvah.  Our senior rabbi 
is a woman and she wears one.  I wear one, too -- the one she gave me.  
That's the reality.  We each have different ways of feeling and doing 
Jewish.  If one of my choir members, male or female, chose to wear one when 
singing with the choir at a service, I certainly would not prevent that 
although I wouldn't require it either.
--Carol Boyd Leon
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