flatbush27
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cantor: “I think G-d is glad I came”
so why not on shabbos and yom tov?
Posted 9 hours ago #
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Mostly for social reasons. The schul where I daven tends toward the slightly more formal; at least on Shabbat and Yom Tov mornings. Friday night, I tend to wear a pair of trousers and a sport jacket with a tie. Shabbat Mincha, I lose the tie. By Maariv, which is in a neighbor’s house, the jacket is usually gone too. On a slightly related note, I’m very influenced by the aesthetic of my surroundings. I daven better in a beautiful schul sanctuary. I feel uplifted by seeing a rabbi and other officiants in canonicals or a “hoich tzilinder.” A good chazan and choir brings me closer to the Almighty. It’s rather difficult for me to act and dress formally in a schul lacking aesthetic appeal. I get nothing from a room full of tables and odd matched shtenderlech, and from people at the amud who generally lack good voices and proper nusach. My sartorial choices reflect that attitude.