Re: Nittl

[Alex Jacobowitz <Alex_Jacobowitz...>]

B"H Munich

Alex,
>yes, Neil?

Sounds to me like you either are frustrated that you cannot be a Cantor
yourself,
 or you had a bad experience with a Cantor when you were becoming Bar
Mitzvah.  
>sorry, wrong on both counts. Try again if you like.

If neither of these is correct, then what's your beef? 
>my beef is kosher. Is yours?

 Can't a guy (or now a gal) make an honest
living without someone like you telling us we shouldn't even exist?
>hey, guy, sure - you can exist. That was never a problem from my keyboard.
It's the haughtiness that ought to go, in my opinion. Drop the 'tude.
Drop the airs. The title. All of it.

And the silly hat. It seems to have gone to your heads.

This shtuss about you guys being the purveyors of a long tradition and all
that,
sure, okay, great, but so does EVERY other service found in Judaism. Is
Mohel
a title? No, it's an honor. Gabbai, the same. Is Schohet a title? No. It's
not.
It's a PRIVILEGE to serve the Jewish community in any way possible!
All Jews are commanded to serve our Creator with all our (humble) hearts -
even cantors.

Since when does behaviour befitting a medieval German guild fit into that
category?

                                         Happy Hanukka (I guess),
Happy Hanuka - I'm SURE!

                                         Cantor Neil Schwartz
Avraham Baruch ben Elya