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voice is usually desperate to
find someone who can sing a
good Kol Nidre. As a cantor
once said: 'If you can't do Kol
Nidre right, you'd better not
do Kol Nidre.' "
Though the hours of prep-
aration for officiating at ser-
vices are time-consuming,
the experience is also finan-
cially rewarding for the
students.
The placement offices of
various seminaries have
different methods of com-
pensation. Students from the
Reform movement's Hebrew
Union College receive a flat
fee no matter what their
skills are.
At the Conservative Jew-
ish Theological Seminary,
there is a sliding scale for
payment, depending on the
student's skills. Torah
reading, singing, shofar
blowing and the number of
services all figure into how
much a congregation must
pay their rabbi.
But lest it be thought this
is a hard-nosed business
transaction over the holiest
of Jewish holidays, there is
evidence that Tzedakah, or
charity, is often extended to
congregations who need it.
Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati maintains a
"system of equalization," by
sending rabbis to some very
small congregations, even
though they can't afford to
pay a rabbinic student's full
honorarium.
When the students get
paid, they put their checks
into a pool, and the total
amount is divided up. Each
student is therefore taking a
small pay cut so that those
congregations can be served.
Others put the money to
charitable use on a more
personal basis. Dr. Allan
Schuman, a dentist in New
York who has served as a
cantor on the High Holidays
in a number of congrega-
tions over eight years, said
he gives 10 percent of the
money he is paid to a wor-
thwhile charity.
Often, he said, he writes a
check to the very congrega-
tion that has just paid him.
Dr. Schuman, who is Or-
thodox, took courses in chaz-
zanut during his studies at
Yeshiva University "for
fun."
His avocation as a cantor
began when he was in dental
school at the University of
Maryland, and a childhood
friend asked him to sing
High Holiday services for
the overflow of a Baltimore
congregation.
This year, he contacted his
cantorial teacher at Y.U.
and through this informal
networking will lead ser-
vices for a congregation in
Lancaster, Pa.
Dr. Schuman said that one
of the reasons he continues
to be a cantor during the
holidays is that he's de-
veloped a very specific idea
of how the various services
should be sung.
"If you know the service
already, it's hard to sit
through somebody else
murdering it," he said.
There are other special
satisfactions for Mr. Friedis,
acting as a cantor in the
congregation where he grew
up.
"When I look out, I see a
lot of the people in the con-
gregation are my peers.
They remember when I was
a kid, and singing Adon
Olam was not necessarily
the cool thing to be doing."
Mr. Friedis said he enjoys
having the experience of do-
ing chazzanut without being
"dependent on the syn-
agogue as my means of sup-
port," and not having to deal
with congregational politics.
For the rabbinical
students who may be choos-
ing to serve congregations
eventually as a full-time
rabbi, the experience of go-
ing in and successfully
leading a congregation
through the holidays is not
only spiritually satisfying,
but it is a professional con-
fidence-boosting experience
as well.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Crisis Strains
Heart Patients
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The
crisis in the Persian Gulf is
taking its toll on Israelis
with weak hearts.
Shahal, a private service
that operates an around-the-
clock telephone link for
subscribers with heart
ailments, reports a 20 per-
cent increase in calls for help
since the start of the Gulf
crisis more than five weeks
ago.
A Shahal official said the
only logical explanation for
the sudden increase was
anxiety about the Gulf
crisis. Shahal claims to have
over 15,000 subscribers,
many of whom call the hot
line to relieve tension.
The official said the ser-
vice has been receiving 170
phone calls per day, com-
pared to an average 140 a
day prior to the Iraqi inva-
sion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.
Shahal has been sending out
its intensive-care ambulance
25 times per day.