Aaron Hazzan
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Abraham Aaron Bacharach was a writer on religious subjects, and cantor
of Posen
, hence known also as Aaron Ḥazzan. He flourished during the seventeenth century. He was the author of Urim we-Tummim (Enlightenment and Perfection), an exhortation to morality and piety, with an appendix containing prayers (Amsterdam, 1653).
Hazzan
A hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish cantor, a musician trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer.There are many rules relating to how a cantor should lead services, but the idea of a cantor as a paid professional does not exist in classical rabbinic sources...
of Posen
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, hence known also as Aaron Ḥazzan. He flourished during the seventeenth century. He was the author of Urim we-Tummim (Enlightenment and Perfection), an exhortation to morality and piety, with an appendix containing prayers (Amsterdam, 1653).