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Bible Encyclopedias

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Baal Koré

Term applied to the person who reads the weekly portion from the Pentateuch—usually the ḥazan, though not necessarily so (see CANTILLATION; ḤAZZAN; Music, Synagogal; compare Dembitz, "Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home," pp. 70, 71, 262).

F. L. C.

Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Baal Koré'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/baal-kor.html. 1901.

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