Being a cantor

[Sam Weiss <SamWeiss...>]

There is an article that I've been meaning to share with this list for a 
while,  and I'm finally getting around to doing so. It does not necessarily 
represent my practice, but I think it serves as a necessary antidote to the 
"Three Tenors" conception of what being a cantor is all about. Following 
the link is the title and a tiny excerpt:

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=8520

Speaking Before The Heavenly Court
by Cantor Sherwood Goffin

... It is then, nearly two months before Tishrei, that it all begins for me 
? the realization that as the cantor of a community, I am the one who will 
soon be called upon during the High Holy Days to plead on behalf of my 
congregation, my family, my friends, for a verdict of compassion for the 
coming year...

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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ


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