Since my interviews last year, I have consistently maintained that if there is something odd or confusing encountered in any of the changes to our services that have come up while I have led services, that I would much prefer that the questions be asked directly to me than spoken about in frustration where I am unable to aid in the dialogue. If something comes up, I encourage you to email me at rabbi@sinaileeds.uk with the heading “Ask the Rabbi” and I will happily answer them in order in this space. This week, the question was “Why do we still have a choir for the High Holy Days?” Although many of us have a view of choir that varies from “That is what we used to do,” to “that is what my parents used to do,” we actually get to go back much further, as in the First Temple further, in order to look at the authenticity and importance of choirs in Jewish tradition. In 1 Chronicles 15:16 we read, “David ordered the officers of the Levites to install their kinsmen, the singe