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1. Ḥazzan: The word is probably borrowed from the Assyrian "ḥazanu," "ḥazannu" (overseer, director; see Delitzsch, "Assyrisches Handwörterbuch," p. a; connected with the Hebrew, meaning "vision"). azanuti" (plural of "ḥazanu") in the El-Amarna tablets designates the governors who were stationed by ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. London, Jacob Ben Judah Ḥazzan: English scholar; born in London at the beginning of the eighteenth century. When quite young he went to Amsterdam, where he lived for a long time. Later he traveled through Italy, and in the course of his journey had the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Joseph Ḥazzan Ben Judah Of Troyes: Page From the First Edition of the "Yosippon," Mantua, 1475-80. In the Library of Columbia University, New York. French Talmudist and ḥazzan; flourished at Troyes about the middle of the thirteenth century. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Jacob Ben Judah Ḥazzan Of London: His grandfather was one Jacob he-Aruk (possibly Jacob le Long). In 1287 Jacob wrote "'Eẓ Ḥayyim," a ritual code in two parts, containing sixty and forty-six sections respectively, dealing with the whole sphere of Halakah, and following in large ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Hammerschlag, Joseph (Nathan Nat'A Ḥazzan Ben Moses Naphtali Hirsch): Moravian cabalist; lived in the seventeenth century. He was the author of the following: "Or ha-Ganuz," commentary on part of the Zohar (begun in 1648); "Sefer Mo'ade ha-Shem," a treatise on the calendar, beginning with the year ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [33%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Ḥazzan, Hazan: An Oriental rabbinical family, probably of Spanish origin, members of which are found in Spain, and in Smyrna, Alexandria, and other cities of the East; their pedigree, however, can not be traced further back than the eighteenth century. The name ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Ḥazzan, Eleazar Ha-: Precentor; lived in Speyer toward the end of the eleventh century. He was the teacher of Samuel the Pious, and perhaps identical with Eleazar, son of Meshullam the Great. The latter supplied many notes to the commentator on Chronicles who ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Ḥazzan, Abraham Ben Judah: Cantor at Kremenetz, Volhynia, in the sixteenth century. In 1595, after recovering from a terrible malady which ended in a trance, he applied himself to utilizing certain material for a haggadic commentary upon the Prophets and the Hagiographa, with a ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Samuel Ben Kalonymus Ha-Ḥazzan: Leader of the congregation at Erfurt in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He is sometimes, but erroneously, referred to as Samuel de Aphota Dicti Dovlin. He wrote a number of piyyuṭim, including five for Sabbath weddings, one for the Friday ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
10. Moses Açan (Ḥazzan) De Zaragua: Spanish poet; born in Catalonia; perhaps the Moses Açan who lived in Cuenca, and who, when King Alfonso X. the Wise) was staying there in 1271, brought him the news of the conspiracy of the infante Philip with the grandees ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
11. Horwitz, Bella (Called Also Bella Ḥazzan): Daughter of the martyr Be'er ben Hezekiah ha-Levi Horwitz and wife of Joseph ben Ḥayyim Ḥazzan, who died at Prague in 1713 In 1705 she published "Gesch. In conjunction with Rachel Porges, the wife of Löb Porges, she ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Ḥazzanut (Lit. "That Appertaining To A Ḥazzan"): Originally, as in the Siddur of Saadia Gaon, the term was applied to the piyyuṭim which it was the function of the official then called "ḥazzan" to recite. But as the duties of this official spread to the intonation of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [37%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
13. Joseph Ben Samuel Ha-Ḥazzan (Also Called Joseph Ha-Mashbir): Karaite ḥakam of Halicz, Galicia; died in 1700; pupil of R. He was the author of the following works, none of which has been published: "Porat Yosef," on Hebrew grammar and on the excellence of the Hebrew language; "Sheber Yosef ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [31%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]