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R. SBA wrote: <<Presumably that was the ONLY dancing done by Yekkes on ST..>><BR>
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Certainly not. The Golders Green Beth HaMedrash (aka "Munks") puts on a big show for ST. It has become quite a hub for ST celebration in NW London, although the narrow aisles are now so clogged that no-one moves much. <BR>
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Kol HaN'arim is very impressive - they now use a huge canopy held on long poles that stetches out over the whole almemar and beyond so that all the children can be included. No sweets (for the English)/lollies (for Australians/ candies (for North Americans) are allowed to be thrown in shul, but pekelach are calmly distributed outside the shul, where the children form a neat queue (for English)/line (for Americans) to collect their confectionary. <BR>
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The highlight of the day for me is the Frankfurt kaddish, in which the chazzan adeptly sings the kaddish tiskabal to all of the tunes of the various moadim (of course, the Yekkes have a different motif for each chag), ending with the triumphant "sisu v'simchu" tune for oseh shalom. Joy with dignity. Celebration with solemnity. Nothing beats it. <BR>
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Kol tuv<BR>
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