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mahzor

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mah·zor also mach·zor  (mäzôr, -zr, mä-zr)
n. pl. mah·zor·im also mach·zor·im (-zôrm, -zô-rm) or mah·zors also mach·zors
The Jewish prayer book containing rituals prescribed for holidays.
[Mishnaic Hebrew mazôr, cycle, mahzor, from zar, to go around, return; see r in Semitic roots.]
mahzor Hebrew [maxˈzɔr (English) mɑːkˈzɔː]
n pl -zorim [-zɔˈriːm (English) -zəˈriːm]
(Non-Christian Religious Writings / Other Non-Christian Religious Writings) a variant spelling of machzor
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Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, edited by Jules Harlow (New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1972), p.
Reclaiming the rhozhinke: music and the synagogue service (1) by Levine, Joseph A. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
The sound of the shofar, the Mahzor says, reminds God of Isaac's near-sacrifice -- a sacrifice which, if carried out, would have included us all, since all Jews are descendants of Isaac -- and awakens God's forgiveness.
Akedah 5760 by LADIN, JAY / Cross Currents
41-43) cites an expanded form in the name of the great talmludic sage, Rabbi Akiva, from the Mahzor Vitry which is an eleventh century source.
Observations and Reflections on the History and Meanings of the ... by BLUMENTHAL, DAVID / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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