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# Someone who is wearing clothing that is torn and his shoulders and arms are exposed shouldn't be a shaliach tzibbur.<ref>Megillah 24a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:13, Mishna Brurah 53:39</ref>
# Someone who is wearing clothing that is torn and his shoulders and arms are exposed shouldn't be a shaliach tzibbur.<ref>Megillah 24a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:13, Mishna Brurah 53:39</ref>


==Accepting being Shaliach Tzibbur==
# When a person is asked to be a shaliach tzibur he should at first refuse the honor out of humility, the second time he is asked he should prepare himself to take the honor, and the third time he should accept it.<ref>Brachot 34a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:16</ref>
# Some say that this idea of refusing to be a shaliach tzibur during the week doesn't apply since it isn't such an honor.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 53:17 citing Teshuvot Vehanagot 1:112, Shevet Hakahati 6:62</ref>
==Shaliach Tzibur for Yamim Noraim==
==Shaliach Tzibur for Yamim Noraim==
# Preferably, the congregation should carefully choose a proper Shliach Tzibbur who is married, thirty years old, and the more he is learned and practices good deeds the better. <Ref> Rama 581:1 </ref> However, someone who is learned and Yireh Shamayim is preferred over someone who lacks these qualities but fits the requirements of being married and thirty years old. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 581:13 </ref>
# Preferably, the congregation should carefully choose a proper Shliach Tzibbur who is married, thirty years old, and the more he is learned and practices good deeds the better. <Ref> Rama 581:1 </ref> However, someone who is learned and Yireh Shamayim is preferred over someone who lacks these qualities but fits the requirements of being married and thirty years old. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 581:13 </ref>