Rabbi Reuven Moses Yoelson was famed for many characteristic features: for his gaiety and his humor, for his storytelling and his smile, also for his clear and beautiful voice which enthralled his congregation. People used to come from the Lithuanian villages for miles around to listen to his religious chants that touched the very depths of the human heart. As a cantor he was famed for pouring his entire soul into every religious motif which he presented musically to his congregation.