Definitions

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  • noun In Jewish use, an overseer; specifically, an official of a Jewish synagogue.

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  • noun Judaism a Jewish cantor in a synagogue

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Like all municipal corporations, up to an advanced period of the Roman empire, they issued honorary decrees, [11] voted resolutions, which had the force of law for the community, and ordained corporal punishments, of which the hazzan was the ordinary executor. [

    The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863

  • Simson, as well as by the synagogue's hazzan, J.J. Lyons.

    Personal Information for Augusta Johnson 2010

  • Ai hoapz ebreewun hazzan happee adn saif weekie-endz!

    You have woken me… and - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • Simson, as well as by the synagogue's hazzan, J.J. Lyons.

    Personal Information for Augusta Johnson Jewish Women's Archive 2010

  • Her friend, the hazzan/court clerk, Hillel ben Eli, advised her to obtain five kosher witnesses attesting to the fact that she was alone in her apartment with Hassun, who may have tried to deny having a love affair.

    Wuhsha the Broker. 2009

  • Mendes was the wife of the hazzan of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, Shearith Israel, and in addition to the vice presidency was elected “religious guide” of the organization.

    Young Women's Hebrew Association. 2009

  • In 1987, Chancellor Ismar Schorsch announced that the seminary would confer the diploma of hazzan on two women, Marla Barugel and Erica Lippitz.

    Conservative Judaism in the United States. 2009

  • Never before had a woman worn the garb and performed the traditional role of hazzan (cantor) in a Jewish synagogue anywhere in the world.

    Betty Robbins. 2009

  • Following the outbreak of war between Britain and Spain in 1740, Zipporah moved with her parents to New York, where she married David Mendes Machado, the hazzan (cantor) for Congregation Shearith Israel.

    Zipporah Nunes Machado Jacobs. 2009

  • In 1984, Erica Lipitz and Marla Rosenfeld Barugel applied and were permitted to prepare for ordination as hazzan [cantor].

    Jewish Women and Jewish Music in America. 2009

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