In the Torah reading in shul there is a word, KaElah, that is read in the cantillation with a rising sound and it has become popular, especially in recent years for the congregants to call it out in an exaggerated way. I have seen videos of people having a lot of fun with it, even singing it stretched out with musical accompaniment...
Recently I have seen several articles decrying this behavior, calling it inappropriate, a desecration and degradation of the Torah acting in this way during the Torah reading with the Torah laying open on the bima. Here is an exagerrated example or two...
כאלה
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) May 1, 2024
פארגאנגענע חוה"מ פסח pic.twitter.com/57TiPBNvTq
המסורת השנתית: כמדי שנה מתפללי שטיבלא'ך קארו בביתר עילית בשירת "כאלה" בניצוחו של כוכב הרשת הירושלמי וולווה קירשנבוים. בתפקיד הבעל קורא: העיתונאי אריה ארליך pic.twitter.com/7El5Y3xxkd
— משה ויסברג (@moshe_nayes) April 24, 2024
Appropriate or not, it brings such joy to so many people..
All I will say is halevai this should be the most significant problems we have in Am Yisrael...or in Hebrew, שכאלה יהיו הבעיות של עם ישראל....
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