Cantor Wolf Wilder - Kevakoras

Ze'ev-Wolf Wilder Ze'ev-Wolf Wilder was born in 1860 in Stanislavchyk, near Brody. He studied in his father's Yeshiva, who was a known Ba'al Tfilah [leader of the prayer]. Later, he was accepted as a singer in Little Yerukham's chorus in Ternopil and served there successfully for three years. Only when he lost the soprano voice he returned home. He studied kosher slaughtering and, at the end of eighteen, became a cantor/slaughterer. Cantor Wilder gained fame in the Jewish world for his mighty voice. He published twenty of his compositions, which were accepted enthusiastically by the cantors. Wilder served as a cantor in various countries, including America, England, and Africa. Today[a], he resides in America and serves as a cantor there.