Firzogerin

A firzogerin, (Yiddish: פירזאָגערן, lit. 'fore-sayer' or 'front-sayer'; Hebrew: רבנית הדרשנית, romanized: rabbanit ha-darshanit), alternately vorsangerin, foreleiner, zugerin, or zugerke, was a historic role in the synagogue for a learned Jewish woman leading women in prayer from the weibershul (women's gallery or annex) as a precentress, parallel to the main service led by a male chazzan.^[1]^[2]

^ Zinberg, Israel (1975). A History of Jewish Literature: Old Yiddish literature from its origins to the Haskalah period. KTAV. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0870684655. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ Weissler, Chava (1988). Traditional Yiddish literature: a source for the study of women's religious lives (Jacob Pat Memorial Lecture). Harvard University Library.

[zinberg-1] Zinberg, Israel (1975). A History of Jewish Literature: Old Yiddish literature from its origins to the Haskalah period. KTAV. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0870684655. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[2] Weissler, Chava (1988). Traditional Yiddish literature: a source for the study of women's religious lives (Jacob Pat Memorial Lecture). Harvard University Library.

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