- hazzan
- (khah-ZAHN) [Hebrew] The cantor of a synagogue. Also written as chazan.
Dictionary of foreign words and phrases. Mary Varchaver and Frank Ledlie Moore. 2012.
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ḤAZZAN — (pl. Ḥazzanim) (Heb. חַזָּנִים ,חַזָּן), cantor officiating in a synagogue; used in this specific sense since the Middle Ages. History of Role and Function The word frequently occurs in talmudic sources, where it denotes various types of communal … Encyclopedia of Judaism
hazzan — ● hazzan nom masculin (mothébreu) Ministre du culte israélite, chargé de chanter les offices, d instruire les enfants et, occasionnellement, d assurer le secrétariat des communautés … Encyclopédie Universelle
hazzan — [hä′zən; ] Heb [ khä zän′] n. alt. sp. of HAZAN … English World dictionary
Hazzan — This article is about the Jewish musician. For people named Hazan or Chazan, see Hazan (disambiguation). Cantor concert in the Vienna Stadttempel synagogue … Wikipedia
Hazzan — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hazan. Un hazzan ou chazzan (« chantre ») est un officiant qui, expert en cantillation liturgique des textes hébreux, aide le rabbin à diriger la prière chantée de la synagogue. Bien entraîné dans les… … Wikipédia en Français
hazzan — variant of hazan * * * hazan, hazzan varr. chazzan … Useful english dictionary
ḤAZZAN (Hazan) — ḤAZZAN (Hazan), Turkish family, apparently of Spanish origin. Many of its members were scholars. In addition to Israel Moses b. Eliezer Ḥazzan , the following members of the family may be mentioned. JOSEPH BEN ELIJAH ḤAZZAN (d. after 1694) was a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAZZAN, ISRAEL MOSES BEN ELIEZER — (1808–1863), rabbi and author. Ḥazzan was born in Smyrna, and in 1811 went with his father to jerusalem , where he studied in the yeshivah of his grandfather Joseph Raphael Ḥazzan . In 1842 Israel was appointed a member of the bet din in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hazzan — Kantorenkonzert im Wiener Stadttempel Chasan [χazˈan] (hebräisch חזן; Pl.: Chasanim, fem. Pl.: Chasanot, jiddisch „Chasn“) oder Kantor wird der Vorbeter in einer Synagoge oder … Deutsch Wikipedia
hazzan — Seph. /khah zahn /; Ashk. /khah zeuhn/, n., pl. hazzanim Seph. /khah zah neem /; Ashk. /khah zaw nim/, Eng. hazzans. Hebrew. hazan. * * * … Universalium
hazzan — noun a Jewish cantor in a synagogue … Wiktionary
