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/ˈheɪzən/
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NOUN
- the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
How To Use hazan In A Sentence
- The first week, they sailed the luxurious 44-foot Hazana east in calm seas.
- The chazan of the synagogue takes the book, and gives it to the ruler of the synagogue; the ruler to the sagan; the sagan to the high priest," &c. From the Talmud and Hebraica
- During davening I sat next to my good friend Jason "the man" C. (another music guy) It was hard NOT to make fun of the chazan doing opera. Nisayon Diary Entry
- ‘I'm reluctant to pooh-pooh the idea of true love, because it's such a treasured view in our culture,’ says Hazan.
- The chazan, or "overseer," in the synagogue answered to the bishop or "angel" of the Church, who called seven of the synagogue to read the law every sabbath, and oversaw them. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Pointed out was the fact that due to the closure of these sluice gates there was no flow of water, resulting in water stagnating in the khazan lands.
- Her father was a chazan at a local synagogue in Philadelphia and when she was asked to sing on the bimah, Jean refused in an attempt to uphold and respect her family's cultural traditions. Personal Information for Jean Gornish
- Raymond Lazare Hazan, pres, St Dunstan's, for serv blind ex-servicemen and women. New Year honours: the full list
- Chazan described the Israeli-Palestinian situation as a mess for the past four years and two months - a cycle of violence in a deteriorating spiral.
- Last month, Parkway Pantai Chairman Mohammed Azlan Hashim, who is also a Khazanah director, said his company is looking to relist through a public offering after being taken private last year. Khazanah Unit Plans $2 Billion IPO