[Avodah] going to the amud

[Ben Waxman]

I saw similar practices during Shacharit when I used to go to Sadigora 
in Jerusalem. However, often the teen would quit right before starting 
chazarat hashaz. That always got interesting.

Ben
On 10/8/2017 4:10 AM, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> I note the following practices at a chareidi shul in RBS which has 
> multiple minyanim: At the appointed starting time for each minyan, 
> there is often not a “volunteer” to lead the services. The amount of 
> time that it takes to start varies as everyone looks at each other 
> trying to influence someone to start. If there is a young bar mitzvah 
> boy, he is often sent for mincha/maariv.
> I’m not sure what the community thinking is, perhaps humility to avoid 
> the amud, but I’m struck by the amount of bittul torah caused and 
> wonder how this trade-off was decided upon. I also wonder about why 
> the practice of sending youngsters up developed given the S”A’s psak 
> concerning the priorities for a chazzan. Thoughts?