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Firzogerin
A firzogerin, (Yiddish: פֿירזאָגערין, lit. 'fore-sayer' or 'front-sayer'; Hebrew: רבנית דרשנית, 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.
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