[Avodah] Women Reading theKetubah

[Rich, Joel]

> [I]'s my perception that almost no one believes that being a shli'ach
> tzibur or, indeed, reading the ketubah at a wedding, is a "necessary
> evil."  Not rabbis, not laypeople, not anyone.  It seems to me that if
> we truly believed this, then a shul without a permanent chazan would
> have only one or two people who sacrifice themselves to lead the
> davening so as to save the others from this supposed "necessary evil."
> And that at weddings, there would be someone from the caterer or the
> band to read the ketubah so as to save the rabbanim and RYs from this
> supposed "necessary evil." ...

> Joseph Kaplan

1.Ralph Waldo Emerson - "What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear
what you say". Having said that - at least we should be reminded once
in a while what our aspirational vision should be.

2.Due to my total lack of musical ability, requests for me to be the
shatz are limited to weekdays and psukei dzimra. Over the years I have
asked the shailah twice about refusing till the 3rd request. The first
response was that this no longer applies when a gabbai asks (or when
it's already past the posted start time - due to tircha dtziburra)
The second, many years later, was to teach the gabboim the din.

KT
Joel Rich