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A hazzan or chazzan (Hebrew חָזָּן ħāzzān, Modern Hebrew khazan, Yiddish khazn) is a Jewish cantor, a musician trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the synagogue in songful prayer. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut " Who is a Jew? " (Mihu Yehudi? ?מיהו יהודי is a basic question about Jewish identity. This article focuses on the Etymology of the word Jew. 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Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit
There are many rules relating to how a cantor should lead services, but the idea of a cantor as a paid professional does not exist in classical rabbinic sources. The Jewish prayer services have their own entry; the prayers in these services are collected in a prayerbook known as the siddur. Jewish services ( Hebrew: תפלה, tefillah; plural תפלות, tefillos or tefillot; Yinglish: davening A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers.
The person leading the congregation in public prayers is called the shaliach tzibbur (Hebrew for "emissary of the congregation"). Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit Traditional Jewish law restricts the role to Jewish males over the age of 13; the non-Orthodox Jewish movements allow women over the age of 12 to have this role as well. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, and Reconstructionist Judaism invest both men and women cantors as full clergy. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of the late Mordecai Kaplan (1881 – 1983 Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion.
In theory, any lay person can be a shaliach tzibbur; most synagogue attending Jews will serve in this role every now and again. In practice, those with the best voice and the most knowledge of the prayers serve much more often.
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Growing importance of the office
The office of the hazzan increased in importance with the centuries. As public worship was developed in the Geonic period, and as the knowledge of the Hebrew language declined, singing gradually superseded the didactic and hortatory element in the worship in the synagogue. Geonim ( Hebrew: גאונים also transliterated Gaonim) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura
This is not necessarily true today, particularly in the world of Orthodox Jews, where the role of the hazzan has diminished substantially. Where congregants are more fluent in their ability to read the text, understand the words and perform the basic melodies, the position of hazzan increasingly has become seen as superfluous; prayers, when sung, more often follow the mode of communal folk singing. Those who are inclined to see artistic synagogue music as a hallmark of Jewish culture and artistry have cited its lowered emphasis as a loss of tradition. Others argue that the focus of the Synagogue service should be on the prayers of the congregants and not on cantorial, concert performances, especially when the latter may be distracting to the former.
Qualifications
Even in the oldest times the chief qualifications demanded of the hazzan, in addition to knowledge of Biblical and liturgical literature as well as the prayer motifs (known as "steiger"), were a pleasant voice and an artistic delivery; for the sake of these, many faults were willingly overlooked. The hazzan was required to possess a pleasing appearance, to be married, and to have a flowing beard. Sometimes, according to Isaac of Vienna (13th century), a young hazzan having only a slight growth of beard was tolerated. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Maimonides decided that the hazzan who recited the prayers on an ordinary Sabbath and on week-days need not possess an appearance pleasing to everybody; he might even have a reputation not wholly spotless, provided he was living a life morally free from reproach at the time of his appointment. Moses Maimonides ( March 30 1135 – December 13 1204) also known as the Rambam, was a Rabbi, Physician, and Shabbat or Shabbos ( Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt, shabbes, "rest/inactivity" is the Weekly Sabbath
But all these moderations of the rule disappeared on holidays; then an especially worthy hazzan was demanded, one whose life was absolutely irreproachable, who was generally popular, and who was endowed with an expressive delivery. Even a person who had once litigated in a non-Jewish court, instead of to a Jewish court, in a disputed question could not act as hazzan on those days, unless he had previously done penance (Shulkhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim, 581). The Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך literally " Set Table " (also Shulhan Aruch or Shulchan Arukh) is a Codification However many authorities were lenient in this regard and as long as a cantor was "merutzeh l'kehal" desired by the congregation, he was permitted to lead the prayers even on the holiest of days.
Today, a hazzan, particularly in more formal (usually not Orthodox) synagogues, is likely to have academic credentials, most often a degree in Music or in Sacred Music, sometimes a degree in Music Education or in Jewish Religious Education or a related discipline. The Doctor of Music degree is sometimes awarded to honour a hazzan.
Although traditionally cantors were always men, women equally serve this role in the more liberal branches of Judaism. Betty Robbins was possibly the first female cantor in 1955 [1] though Barbara Ostfeld is usually given that distinction since her investiture at the Hebrew Union College in 1975. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2] As of 2006, HUC had invested 179 women cantors. [3]
Cantors as a profession
The role of hazzanim (Hebrew plural of hazzan) as a respected full-time profession has become a reality in recent centuries. In the last two centuries Jews in a number of European communities, notably Germany and Britain, came to view professionally trained hazzanim as clergy and the hazzan as the deputy rabbi. After the enlightenment, when European nations gave full citizenship and civil rights to Jews, professionally trained hazzanim were accepted by the secular government as clergy in the same way that accepted rabbis as clergy.
In an interesting turn of events, the United States government recognized cantors as the first Jewish clergy, even before rabbis were recognized. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master
In the USA there are three major organizations for professionally trained hazzanim, one from each of the major Jewish denominations.
- American Conference of Cantors - Reform Judaism [4]
- Cantors Assembly - Conservative Judaism [5]
- Cantorial Council of America - Orthodox Judaism [6]
Many members of the Cantors Assembly are trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary's H. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music. Many members of the American Conference of Cantors are trained at the School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music (New York) Reform. The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish Both of these programs offer a five year training program.
The curriculum for students in these programs generally include, but are not limited to:
- Hebrew: modern, Biblical (Torah), and liturgical (Siddur)
- Learning nusach (liturgical tradition)
- Learning the laws and traditions pertaining to Jewish prayer service
- The history and content of the siddur
- Music theory, sight-reading sheet music
- Learning an instrument, usually a piano or guitar
- Singing technique
- Cantillation - tropes for the liturgical chanting of biblical books
- Choral Conducting
- Jewish history
- Tanakh (Bible)
- Jewish music history
- Pastoral care and counseling
- Theology
The golden age of hazzanut
The period between the two World Wars is often referred to as the "golden age" of hazzanut (cantorial performance). Nusach ( Hebrew: נוּסַח nosaħ, modern pronunciation nósakh or núsakh) is a concept in Judaism that has two distinct meanings Cantillation is the ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in Synagogue services. See also Old testament, Septuagint, Targum, Peshitta The Tanakh (תַּנַ"ךְ (taˈnax or; also Tenakh or Tenak is Some of the greats include Zavel Kwartin (1874-1953), Mordechai Hershman, Berele Chagy, David Roitman, Moritz Henle (1850-1925), Joseph "Yossele" Rosenblatt (1882-1933), Gershon Sirota (1874-1943), BenZion Kapov-Kagan, Israel Alter, Shmuel Vigoda, Pierre Pinchik, Joseph Shlisky, Leib Glantz, and Leibele Waldman. Zevulun "Zavel" Kwartin, Zavel Kwartin ( March 25, 1874, Chonorod Elisabetgrad, Russia - October 3, 1952 Moritz Henle ( 7 August 1850 &ndash 24 August 1925) was a prominent German Composer of liturgical music and cantor Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt ( May 9, 1882, Bila Tserkva, Ukraine - June 19, 1933, Jerusalem) was a Ukraine-born Gershon-Itskhok Sirota (1874 Podolskaya gubernya - 1943 Warsaw) was one of the leading cantors of Europe during the "Golden Age of Hazzanut" (cantorial
In the Post World War II period, prominent cantors were Moshe Koussevitzky, David Koussevitzky, Yitzchak Eshel (1912-2006), Moshe Ganchoff, David Werdyger, Sholom Katz, Abraham Davis, Richard Tucker and Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1914-2006). David Werdyger is a popular Chazzan, and the author of Songs of Hope. Richard Tucker ( August 28, 1913 &ndash January 8, 1975) was an American operatic Tenor. Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1914 - 2006 was Hazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City Jan Peerce, whose cantorial recordings were highly regarded, was not a professional Cantor, but made his mark in the world of opera. WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Jan Peerce ( June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was
Some popular contemporary cantors include Naftali Hershtik, Alberto Mizrahi, Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Israel Rand, Joseph Malovany, Levi Coleman, Yaakov Motzen, Moshe Stern, Moshe Schulhoff, Shmuel Barzilai, Pinchas Cohen, Chaim Adler, Benjamin Muller, Yaakov Stark, Benzion Miller and Yossi Muller (son of Benjamin Muller of Antwerp). Naftali Herstik was born in Salgótarján, Hungary and came with his family to Israel at the age of three Joseph Malovany is an Israeli-born American Tenor soloist cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue since 1973, and Distinguished Professor Shmuel Barzilai (born 3 June 1957 born in Jerusalem, Israel) is the chief cantor of the Viennese Jewish Community (the Cantor Benzion Miller (בֶּן צִיּוֹן מילר בֶּן־צִיּוֹן מי(ללעֶר was born at the Dachau concentration camp)
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- Jewish Music Forum - Article on Chazzanut today. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. Jewish services ( Hebrew: תפלה, tefillah; plural תפלות, tefillos or tefillot; Yinglish: davening The Syrian Cantor or Hazzan leads the traditional prayer rituals in the Synagogues of the Syrian Jews.
Recordings
- Virtual Cantor - Free MP3 recordings of nearly the entire Ashkenazic liturgy.
- פיוט Piyut - Large collection of Piyyutim. See also Religious Jewish music A piyyut (plural piyyutim, Hebrew פיוט pijút and) is a Jewish liturgical poem usually designated
- Sephardic Pizmonim- www. pizmonim. org- Middle Eastern Pizmonim Recordings for Sephardic Cantors.
- Chazzanut Online - a wealth of detailed information and recordings.
- Cantorial Music Page of Cong. Emunath Israel, NYC - MP3's of Ashkenazic nusach (liturgy)
Cantorial organizations
- Academy for Jewish Religion of California (non-denominational seminary - Rabbinical, Cantorial, and Chaplaincy programs)
- Academy for Jewish Religion (non-denominational seminary - Rabbinical and Cantorial programs)
- Cantors World (Orthodox)
- The Cantors Assembly (Conserative/Masorti)
- American Conference of Cantors (Reform)
- Cantorial Council of America (Orthodox)
- Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute (Orthodox)
- Chazzan Index & Chazzan Job Portal (Orthodox)
- The Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America (Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform)
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