Streamlining Synagogue Services
The High Holiday prayers can often create long services and streamlining the synagogue service so not to offend the congregation is an important consideration. Halacha itself prohibits delaying or unnecessarily prolonging the synagogue service (טירחא דציבורא) or offending the honor or dignity of the congregation (כבוד הציבור). Join Rabbi Dovid Fink and survey the primary sources to understand what is permitted, what is prohibited, and why.
Streamlining Synagogue Services: Streamlining Synagouge Services
Not everyone can devote the time and energy needed to complete all the prayers on Rosh ha-Shana and Yom Kippur.
What is the minimum requirement?
Primary sources are available through the links in both pdf and WORD format.
In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.