[Avodah] shlichei tzibbur, davening speed, and halacha

[Yaakov Ellis]

I dont have any advice on how to overcome the challenge of saying the
tefillah faster than you are capable of doing, but this does remind me of
something that I witnessed first-hand related to this issue: One of the
years when I was in yeshiva in the Old City, Rav Neventzal was in avelut for
one of his parents. He ended up being shaliach tzibbur most days at the 7am
minyan at the Ramban shul. Ordinarily, he davened an extremely long
shemoneh-esrei (there were standing instructions not to wait for him to
begin the chazarah). However, when he was shaliach tzibbur, he was always
among the first people finished and the tzibbur never had to wait for him (I
remember that our Rosh Yeshivah pointed this out to us to show us how
important it is not to be matriach the tzibbur).

Yaakov Ellis
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