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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
Israeli composer and teacher. Emanuel Amiran (Pugatchov) was born in Warsaw in 1909 to…
Moses Beregovski
Moses Beregovski was born in the Ukraine in 1892. He was exposed to liturgical…
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Hazzan (pl. Hazzanim)
1. In Temple and talmudic days, the hazzan was a general communal functionary. Since the…
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Megillah
Lit. Scroll. Name given to the biblical Book of Esther, one of the five scrolls.
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Esther
Heb. Megillat Ester. The scroll of Esther is recited on Purim and recounts the story of…
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Ekhah
The third of the Five Scrolls in the Bible, read on the Ninth of Av. In rabbinic…
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Ba'al Keri'ah
Also called 'Ba'al Koray.' Officiant who reads the Torah from the scroll in the…
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Mir Leben Geblibene
Directed by Natan Gross
This short film briefly tells the tale of the Jews of Warsaw…