Last Saturday morning a young woman who I'd never met before came up to me after Shabbat services and said, "Your voice elevated my davening last night." Whoa. It was such a staggering compliment that all I could do was blubber out a weak thank-you before tripping over myself and forgetting to tell her my name when she offered hers. Way to go, self.
It's bizarre to juxtapose this incident with Stereo Sinai's most recent encounter with the doctrine of kol isha (literally "the voice of a woman")- namely that an online Torah program was initially excited about playing our music to their listeners, and even offered to interview us, until they, well, heard us...heard me. It's happened before, it will happen again, and I say with only a trace of bitterness that I understand.
The common denominator in these accounts is important, though: voices are powerful. They can distract and inspire, all at the same time. I guess it's just a matter of perspective.
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