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bulletHanerot halalu by Chazzan Duque, c.a. 1938
Chazzan Duque esnoga Amsterdam .jpg (69182 bytes)Chazzan Simon van (son of) David Duque was named to his post  after a heated election in 1923. He had a beautiful, forceful and musical voice which perfectly fitted the large esnoga. He was born in Amsterdam on 14 March 1897 and died in Dachau, Germany, on 19 January 1945.
bulletMegillaht Esther (Complete recording, 33MB). 
It's our custom to start reading the Megillah some 20 minutes before tzeit hakochavim, so that the chazzan reads the first words of chapter 6 (בלילה ההוא) at night. The reason is probably to avoid lengthening the fast more then necessary. Of course, this is not the the case when the Megillah is read on motzei Shabbat.
Recordings: NN.

 

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