{"id":28201,"date":"2006-06-30T01:23:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/months\/who_should_lead_the_selichot_prayers\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T09:20:18","slug":"who_should_lead_the_selichot_prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/who_should_lead_the_selichot_prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Should Lead the Selichot Prayers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who Should Lead\u00a0The Selichot Prayers?<\/p>\n<p>It is very important that suitable individuals be chosen to lead the Selichot as well as the Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur Prayers, and to blow the Shofar<\/p>\n<p>What is &#8220;suitable?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The most important quality is that they should have pleasant personalities and be acceptable to the entire congregation.<\/p>\n<p>They should also be as accomplished as are available in Torah knowledge and in performance of good deeds.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, they should have sweet voices (or good lungs).<\/p>\n<p>They should be married, and have children.<\/p>\n<p>Preferably, they should be at least thirty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Should Lead\u00a0The Selichot Prayers? 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