Reply To: The status of an unmarried man

Doniel, he is referring specifically about Selichot and the Yamim Noraim. He adds that any Jewish man is kosher so long as as he is acceptable to the congregation unlike what you wrote. BTW, there are also a few more lechatchila qualifications such as great in Tora and deeds and at least thirty.It would seem that a talmid chacham who is not married would be preferable to an am ha’aretz who is.