I am constantly amazed by guys that have no shaychus to dikduk and nonetheless are driven to daven for the amud or put themselves forward as baal korehs. We are not unfairly criticizing poishete yidden as amaratzim and tinokos for their fractured chazanus….. we are criticizing individuals who proclaim themselves as sufficiently knowledgeable to represent the tzibur before the Ebeshter. For me, some of the consistent errors are like chalk on a blackboard but its even worse when we’re talking about things that actually change the meaning of the tefillos and kariah. Kadish seems to be one of the most victimized teffilos and yet it is almost birkas Hashem d’oraisa. And to end the davening every shabbos with an off-key and mangled An’im Zemiros reminds you that it must have been deliberately written by a Chossid to torture his Litvish brethren since I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it pronounced correctly in its entirety.
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