A visitor to town said he was a חיוב and was therefore permitted to serve as the ‏בעל תפילה. It was a disaster. The man had the most horrible voice and obviously didn’t know ‏עברה. When the גבאי went up to tell him to step down, the man refused to budge. Two men who came to physically remove him were shocked to see that he had tied himself to the בימה. “What is the meaning of this?” they asked. “Do you think this is the first time I’m standing before the עמוד?” he answered.

06/10/2021