Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Jewish prayer book used during the High Holy Days.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cycle; a solar cycle of 28 years or a lunar cycle of 19 years.
- noun A Jewish festival prayer-book. Each of the five principal festivals has a special liturgy.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
machzor .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Special prayer books for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, called the mahzor plural mahzorim, have developed over the years.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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So it was not easy to assemble a "mahzor" (the traditional name for the High Holidays prayer book) that engages the regulars but will also appeal to those sitting in the pews who have little or no connection to Judaism the rest of the year.
A Stirring New Prayer Book for the High Holidays Diane Cole 2010
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But in some ways, the mahzor that we use is the McDonald's version of Jewish cuisine.
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Holidays I wear his kittel, and I prepare for the High Holidays from the mahzor of my uncle, Rabbi Mordechai Stern.
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It is unlike Yom Kippur, however, which is concluded when the 800-page mahzor is read, mostly aloud and in a singsong chant, over twenty-four hours.
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The book that is before us, our mahzor, reflects thousands of years of Jewish experience, containing lengthy quotes from the greatest hits of the tradition: Torah and prophets, Psalms and medieval poets, reflections on disaster and expressions of our highest hopes for the world to come, contemporary readings and essays on the meaning of prayer.
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It is unlike Yom Kippur, however, which is concluded when the 800-page mahzor is read, mostly aloud and in a singsong chant, over twenty-four hours.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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In 1892, he published a study of the neginot (cantillation marks) in the Masoretic text of the Bible, and in the next decade, working with Herbert Adler (1876 – 1940), a lawyer and nephew of Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler (1839 – 1911), prepared what became the standard British edition and translation of the mahzor (festival prayer book).
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I can usually find something in the 800-page mahzor to divert if not to inspire me.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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I can usually find something in the 800-page mahzor to divert if not to inspire me.
A difficult fast 2009
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