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Definition of Mahzor
1. a Jewish prayer book [n -ZORIM or -ZORS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahzor
Literary usage of Mahzor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geonica by Louis Ginzberg (1909)
"The reading of the mahzor Vitry, 'Ta instead of 'Dy, is interesting. The latter
is as the MSS. of the Seder and Pardes (38 c) have it. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The mahzor, meaning prayer-book, is capable of division from different points of
... The Smaller mahzor contains the ordinary prayers, together with the ..."
3. Parody in Jewish Literature by Israel Davidson (1907)
"Though the "mahzor Vitry was begun in the life time of Rashi (circ. noo), ...
The original, not contained in the printed mahzor Vitry but found in the ..."
4. Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home by Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1898)
""Seder R. Amram gives it without question or comment. All the medieval authorities
speak of it as "Order of Sanctification" (Dump). "Thus in the mahzor ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1896)
"Mention is made in the Commentary on Aboth contained in mahzor Vitri of three
... Now it is well known that in the age of the author of mahzor Vitri, ..."
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