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Could Perry Como be a cantor in your shul?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY6i6SobW6M
Absolutely not he is not Jewish!!!!!
I notice that in many orthodox shuls the rabbi is also the chazan.
In most Orthodox shuls at least Ashkenazic ones the congregants take turns.
Saves shekels.
But that’s not the way it is supposed to be. The cantor is referred to in Hebrew as the Shaliach Tzibbur, the “Representative of the Community”. Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment – a day when each and every one of us stands in front of G-d in judgment, pleading for our very lives. The cantor is no more than a “lawyer” of sorts, representing us in the Great Court – but surely, when our future is hanging in the balance, we are not going to rely on the lawyer to win our case. We need to do most of the work ourselves, to ensure that the Judge sees us in a favorable light.