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Hazzan, the Glossary

A hazzan (lit. Hazan) or chazzan (translit, plural; translit; translit) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer.^[1]

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Abbe Lyons

Abbe Lyons was one of the first three American women to be ordained as cantors in the Jewish Renewal, along with Susan Wehle and Michal Rubin. Hazzan and Abbe Lyons are hazzans.

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Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1914–February 21, 2006) was hazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in New York City. Hazzan and Abraham Lopes Cardozo are hazzans.

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Academy for Jewish Religion (California)

The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA), is a Jewish seminary in Los Angeles.

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Academy for Jewish Religion (New York)

The Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) is a rabbinical school based in Yonkers, New York, founded on a pluralistic approach to Judaism.

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Avitall Gerstetter

Avitall Gerstetter (אביטל גרסטטר; born 1972) is the first female hazzan (cantor) in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany. Hazzan and Avitall Gerstetter are hazzans.

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Azi Schwartz

Azi Schwartz (Hebrew: עזי שוורץ) (born September 1981) is a ''chazzan'' (cantor), vocal performer, and recording artist whose music reaches Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally. Hazzan and Azi Schwartz are hazzans.

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Barbara Ostfeld

Barbara Jean Ostfeld, formerly known as Barbara Ostfeld-Horowitz, is the first ordained female cantor in Jewish history, and an American feminist, mental health advocate, and author. Hazzan and Barbara Ostfeld are hazzans.

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Benzion Miller

Benzion Miller (בֶּן צִיּוֹן מילר, בֶּן־צִיּוֹן מי(ל)לעֶר; born 8 December 1947) is a cantor, schochet (kosher slaughterer) and mohel (circumciser), as was his father, Aaron Daniel Miller. Hazzan and Benzion Miller are hazzans.

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Betty Robbins

Betty Robbins (born Berta Abramson, April 9, 1924 – February 19, 2004) was a notable cantor.

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Brit milah

The brit milah (bərīṯ mīlā,,; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (ברית) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. Hazzan and brit milah are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Cantor

A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Hazzan and cantor are religious music.

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Cantor (Christianity)

In Christianity, the cantor, female chantress, sometimes called the precentor or the protopsaltes (from), is the chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, with responsibilities for the choir and the preparation of the Mass or worship service.

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Cantor in Reform Judaism

The cantor (חַזָּן Hazzan or Hazan) in the Reform movement is a clergy member who fills a diverse role within the Jewish community. Hazzan and cantor in Reform Judaism are hazzans and Jewish religious occupations.

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Cantors Assembly

Cantors Assembly (CA) is the international association of hazzanim (cantors) affiliated with Conservative Judaism.

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Collins English Dictionary

The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English.

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Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (translit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine revelation.

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David Werdyger

David Werdyger (אלתר דוד יצחק ורדיגר; 30 October 1919 – 2 April 2014) was a Polish-American Hasidic hazzan and solo singer. Hazzan and David Werdyger are hazzans.

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Deborah Davis (hazzan)

Deborah Davis is the first hazzan (also called cantor) of either sex (and therefore, since she is female, the first female hazzan) in Humanistic Judaism. Hazzan and Deborah Davis (hazzan) are hazzans.

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Erica Lippitz

Erica Jan (Riki) Lippitz and Marla Rosenfeld Barugel were the first two female hazzans (also called cantors) ordained in Conservative Judaism.

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Frank Birnbaum

William Franklin "Frank" Birnbaum (1922–2005) was a well-known 20th century chazzan within Conservative Judaism in the United States. Hazzan and Frank Birnbaum are hazzans.

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Geonim

Geonim (גאונים;; also transliterated Gaonim, singular Gaon) were the presidents of the two great Babylonian Talmudic Academies of Sura and Pumbedita, in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Gershon Sirota

Gershon-Yitskhok Leibovich Sirota (Гершон-Ицхок Лейбович Сирота; 187419 April 1943) was one of the leading cantors of Europe during the "Golden Age of Hazzanut" (cantorial music), sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Caruso". Hazzan and Gershon Sirota are hazzans.

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Halakha

Halakha (translit), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho, is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah.

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Hassan (surname)

Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish (Sephardic and Mizrahic) surname.

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Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.

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Hebrew cantillation

Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services.

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Hebrew College

Hebrew College is a private college of Jewish studies in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is a Jewish seminary with three locations in the United States and one location in Jerusalem.

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High Holy Days

In Judaism, the High Holy Days, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of.

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History of the Jews in Europe

The history of the Jews in Europe spans a period of over two thousand years.

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Isaac ben Moses of Vienna

Isaac ben Moses of Vienna, also called Isaac Or Zarua or the Riaz, is considered to be one of the prominent rabbis of the Middle Ages.

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Jan Peerce

Jan Peerce (born Yehoshua Pinkhes Perelmuth; June 3, 1904 December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. Hazzan and Jan Peerce are hazzans.

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Jewish music

Jewish music is the music and melodies of the Jewish people. Hazzan and Jewish music are religious music.

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Jewish prayer

Jewish prayer (תְּפִילָּה,; plural; tfile, plural תּפֿלות; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוון 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Jewish Renewal

Jewish Renewal is a Jewish religious movement originating in the 20th century that endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with Kabbalistic, Hasidic, and musical practices.

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Joseph Malovany

Joseph Malovany(born in 1941 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli-born American tenor soloist. Hazzan and Joseph Malovany are hazzans.

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Julie Rosewald

Julie Eichberg Rosewald (March 7, 1847 – July 16, 1906) was an American opera singer.

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Leib Glantz

Leib Glantz (לייב גלאנץ; June 1, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was a Ukrainian-born lyrical tenor cantor (chazzan), composer, musicologist of Jewish music, writer, educator, and Zionist leader. Hazzan and Leib Glantz are hazzans.

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Madame Goldye Steiner

Madame Goldye Steiner (1889–1960) was a pioneering African-American woman cantor. Hazzan and Madame Goldye Steiner are hazzans.

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Maimonides

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.

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Marla Rosenfeld Barugel

Marla Rosenfeld Barugel (born 1956) is, along with Erica Lippitz, one of the first two female hazzans (also called cantors) ordained in Conservative Judaism.

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Mishnah

The Mishnah or the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. Hazzan and Mishnah are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Mohel

A (מוֹהֵל, Ashkenazi pronunciation, plural: מוֹהֲלִים, מוֹהֲלָא, "circumciser") is a Jewish man trained in the practice of, the "covenant of male circumcision". Hazzan and Mohel are Jewish religious occupations.

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Moritz Henle

Moritz Henle (7 August 1850 – 24 August 1925) was a prominent German composer of liturgical music and cantor of the Jewish reform movement. Hazzan and Moritz Henle are hazzans.

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Moshe Koussevitzky

Moshe Koussevitzky (משה קוסביצקי, Mosze Kusewicki; June 9, 1899 in Smarhoń, Russian Empire – August 23, 1966 in New York City) was a cantor and vocalist. Hazzan and Moshe Koussevitzky are hazzans.

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Mussaf

Mussaf (also spelled Musaf or Musof) is an additional service that is recited on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh.

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Naftali Hershtik

Naftali Herstik (נפתלי הרשטיק) (born 1947) is a well known chazzan (cantor) and teacher.

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Nusach (Jewish custom)

In Judaism, Nusach (translit, Modern Hebrew pronunciation nusakh, plural (nusaḥim, also nuskhóes)) is the exact text of a prayer service; sometimes the English word "rite" is used to refer to the same thing. Hazzan and Nusach (Jewish custom) are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Persians

The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.

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Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music

The Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music is a music school that focuses on Jewish music.

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Prayer

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.

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Precentor

A precentor is a person who helps facilitate worship. Hazzan and precentor are religious music.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit. Hazzan and rabbi are Jewish religious occupations and Orthodox rabbinic roles and titles.

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Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the Theophany at Mount Sinai.

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Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913January 8, 1975) was an American operatic tenor and cantor. Hazzan and Richard Tucker are hazzans.

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Shabbat

Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.

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Shacharit

Shacharit (שַחֲרִית šaḥăriṯ), or Shacharis in Ashkenazi Hebrew, is the morning tefillah (prayer) of Judaism, one of the three daily prayers.

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Shaliah

In Jewish law, a shaliaḥ (שָלִיחַ,; pl., sheliḥim or sheliah, literally "emissary" or "messenger") is a legal agent. Hazzan and shaliah are Jewish religious occupations.

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Sharon Hordes

Sharon Hordes was ordained as Reconstructionist Judaism's first cantor in 2002. Hazzan and Sharon Hordes are hazzans.

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Shechita

In Judaism, shechita (anglicized:; שחיטה;; also transliterated shehitah, shechitah, shehita) is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut. Hazzan and shechita are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Shmuel Barzilai

Shmuel Barzilai (born 3 June 1957) is an Israeli cantor.

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Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch (שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּך, literally: "Set Table"), sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism. Hazzan and Shulchan Aruch are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Siddur

A siddur (סִדּוּר sīddūr,; plural siddurim סִדּוּרִים) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. Hazzan and siddur are Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law.

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Susan Wehle

Susan Wehle (May 14, 1953 – February 12, 2009) was ordained the first American female Jewish Renewal cantor (hazzan) in 2006.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar

Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar became the first Persian woman to be ordained as a cantor in the United States in 2009. Hazzan and Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar are hazzans.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Hazzan and The Jazz Singer are hazzans.

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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, known simply as the Jewish Journal, is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Timeline of women hazzans

This is a timeline of women hazzans (also called cantors) worldwide.

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Yaakov Lemmer

Yaakov ("Yanky") Lemmer (born November 6, 1983) is an American Chazzan (Jewish cantor) and performing artist. Hazzan and Yaakov Lemmer are hazzans.

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Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.

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Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (יצחק מאיר הלפגוט, יצחק מאיר העלפגאט) is an Israeli-born Hasidic Orthodox Jewish cantor, known for his vocal dexterity and range. Hazzan and Yitzchak Meir Helfgot are hazzans.

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Yossele Rosenblatt

Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt (May 9, 1882 – June 19, 1933) was a Ashkenazi chazzan and composer. Hazzan and Yossele Rosenblatt are hazzans.

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Zavel Kwartin

Zevulun "Zavel" Kwartin (זבולון קוורטין; March 25, 1874, Novoarkhanhelsk, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire - October 3, 1952, United States) was a Russian-born chazzan (cantor) and composer, a contemporary of Mordechai Hershman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazzan

Also known as Cantor (Judaism), Cantor (synagogue), Cantoral music, Cantorial song, Chazan, Chazanim, Chazanut, Chazanuth, Chazen, Chazzan, Chazzen, Hazan, Hazanut, Hazzanim, Hazzans, Hazzanut, Hazzen, Jewish cantor, Khazn, Khazone, Role of the cantor in Judaism, Shaliach tzibbur, Shaliach tzibur, Sheliah Tsibbur, .

, Nusach (Jewish custom), Orthodox Judaism, Persians, Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Prayer, Precentor, Rabbi, Reform Judaism, Richard Tucker, Shabbat, Shacharit, Shaliah, Sharon Hordes, Shechita, Shmuel Barzilai, Shulchan Aruch, Siddur, Susan Wehle, Synagogue, Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar, Taylor & Francis, The Jazz Singer, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, The New York Times, Timeline of women hazzans, Yaakov Lemmer, Yeshiva University, Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Yossele Rosenblatt, Zavel Kwartin.

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Jewish religious occupations

Orthodox rabbinic roles and titles

Religious music

References