Practical Training
The material to be learned by students of
the specializations in cantor training and liturgical history is the Chazanuth, the
knowledge of cantors. In the specialization in liturgical history we want to ensure that
students know enough of the art of the cantor to be able to conduct a religious service if
necessary, that is, to lead prayer. While in the specialization in cantor training the
following material is the core material of training, in the specialization for liturgical
history tangential knowledge of it is required, that is, basic knowledge of the musical
material, the “nusach”. Students are introduced to the following subject groups in
each year of study:
Year I:
semester I:
Friday evening
Saturday morning (Sacharith, Musaf ) Mi sheberach
Saturday Mincha, Maariv, Havdala, Kiddush levava
semester II.
Significant Sabbaths: Rosh Hodesh
Complete weekday liturgy and variations
Wedding, funeral and memorial services
Akhdamuth
Year II:
semester III:
Rosh Hashanah evening
Rosh Hashanah Sacharit
semester IV.
Musaf, reading of the Torah
Blowing the Shofar
Days of Slichoth
Year III:
semester V:
Kol Nidrei
Yom Kippur Sacharith
semester VI.
Musaf
Mincha
Nöilah
Reading of the Torah
Year IV:
semester VII:
Passover Sacharith
Musaf
Mincha
Maariv
semester
VIII.
Shavuoth Sacharith
Musaf
Minchah
Maariv
Sukkoth Sacharith
Musaf
Mincha
Maariv
Reading of the Torah on all three holidays
Maarovetzes on all three holiday nights
Simchat Torah evening and morning
Hallel prayer on all three holidays and at Simchat Torah
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