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Aliyah (in synagogue)
… the blessing before the reading of the torah. … Aliyah (in synagogue) …
An'im zemirot
… A synagogue hymn recited at the end of the Musaf service on … an internal structure of two rhyming half-lines. In most synagogues this hymn is sung antiphonally, and it is the …
Hazzan (pl. Hazzanim)
… range of communal officials, but most commonly denotes a synagogue official. The hazzan ha-keneset performed a … geonim that the hazzan became a permanent fixture in the synagogue. With the introduction of piyyutim into the … including the fixed documentation of melodies used in the synagogue, official programs for the training of cantors, …
Sheli'akh Tzibbur
… leading the public throughout the liturgical service in the synagogue. … Sheli'akh Tzibbur …
Meshoyrer
… Pl. Meshoyrerim. Apprentice to the Hazzan, or Synagogue choirboy. … Meshoyrer …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… haggada between the Hallel Psalms. One of the pan-hassidic synagogues in Jerusalem, in the Batei Verner neighborhood, …
Diwan
… the Tikhlal. Thus, the Tikhlal came to be devoted solely to synagogue liturgy, and the Diwan was devoted to celebrations outside the synagogue. Over the generations, the number of poems written …
Minhah
… of their lives, it was difficult for them to make it to the synagogue for both Min h a and 'Arvit. Therefore, they used …
Amen
… to endorse a blessing said privately or heard as part of a synagogue service. It is found thirty times in the Bible as …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… immigrants of Aleppo in Jerusalem established the Ades synagogue , which soon became a center of religious music … Jews in Ottoman lands: the singing of piyyutim in the synagogue on the early Sabbath mornings; and the … in their original settings are performed in the Ades synagogue and the Mousayof synagogue on the Sabbaths and in …