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When the New Reform Congregation [now Temple Kol Tikvah in Woodland Hills] was established in 1984, Debbie was our chazzan for 3 years. She responded, and the congregation was thrilled, as truly “the ...

Every year on Rosh Hashana, after the Torah has been placed into the Aron, I am deeply moved by the tefillah, Hineni. The chazzan recites the Hineni prayer, humbling himself in front of G-d and ...

Someone with an iPhone sins regularly. There is a new one being added to the list.. Rav Ovadiah Yosef’s son-in-law, Rav Aharon Butbol, said on his radio show this past Friday that anybody with an ...

Editor’s Note: Cantor Sherwood Goffin, longtime chazzan at Lincoln Square Synagogue and a giant of cantorial singing, died yesterday at age 77. Below is a piece our columnist wrote on him in 2016.

More important is how the tefillah experience moves them. Many join a particular synagogue because the tefillah there is serious, inspiring and friendly. The gaon Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, posits (in ...