Meaning of chazzanut | Babel Free

Definitions

Jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.

uncountable

Examples

“His [Sholom Friede] numerous collections are retained in the Hebrew Union College library […] containing in all about two hundred numbers, in the style of the eighteenth century. He had a love for the Polish-Jewish songs; and due to that fact, we are in possession of the early Polish chazzanuth and of tunes in Chassidic style.”

“Why is having a chazan equated with a solo performance? My husband and I do the chazanut for our congregation because the rabbi cannot sing well enough to lead the congregation.”

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