15 Comments

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   YD Miller on August 19, 2010 at 11:43 am

   Rav Singer was the Chazzan-Shat”z (Cantor) in Devinsk, Russia and later here in Buffalo, his Seforim are very interesting.

   Zikoron BeSafer:
   http://www.hebrewbooks.org/32249

   Mishna Zikoron:
   http://www.hebrewbooks.org/39192

   (LOL for חי’ אחת יש ברקיע on his wifes tumbstone.)

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   Cheskel on August 19, 2010 at 3:58 pm

   Baruch,
   Note, the name is Yehoshua Heschel not Yehoshua He(r)schel.

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   Rachel Heimovics on June 30, 2012 at 4:26 pm

   Rabbi Yehoshua Herschel Singer was my great grandfather: my mother’s father’s father. He was the 7th or 8th generation hazzan in the family. He came to the USA from Riga. He wrote several books. I have more detais about his life and some photos. What else do you want to know?

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   Rachel Heimovics on June 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm

   You are right! I just pasted the name. His name was Yehoshua Heschel Singer (ne Chazan) — or, as we know him, Joshua Heschel Singer.

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   Carol Rice on July 2, 2012 at 7:06 am

   I’m researching the Singer family (my husband’s mother’s family). We have no knowledge of him being a cantor in Dvinsk. It would be most appreciated if you would tell me your source.

   Thank You,
   Carol Rice

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   Farshlufen on June 10, 2015 at 4:48 pm

   [The Jewish Morning Journal – דער מארגען זשורנאל] 17 מרץ 1915

   http://goo.gl/dl9YVT

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   Yehuda on February 20, 2019 at 5:36 pm

   Was his voice recorded?

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   Daniel Singer on October 19, 2019 at 8:50 am

   I just realized that I am the great grandson of Joshua Heschel Singer

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   Daniel Singer on October 19, 2019 at 8:57 am

   I just learned I am the great grandson of Berel Singer, Joshua Heschel Singer’s brother, who lived with him in Buffalo briefly before returning to Riga. We did not know that he had retained the name Chazan. His son William Singer was my dad’s father. I have been searching for this information for over 30 years.

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    Daniel Singer on October 21, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Rabbi Joshua Heschel Singer was my great uncle on my father’s side. I would love to be in touch with any family who has more information on his brother Berel, who was my great grandfather.

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    Rachel Heimovics on December 25, 2019 at 5:48 pm

    Daniel — yes Berel was briefly in Buffalo before returning to Riga where he had a successful (grain?) business. We know of the Feigelsons, his gd and family, who survived during WWII but few others. I have family stories. and photos but do not know off hand about William. Let’s try to make personal contact.
    Rachel Heimovics ggd of Joshua Heschel Singer.

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    Katherine Kaplan on December 2, 2020 at 12:14 am

    Hello family. Nice to meet you all. He was my great great grandfather too.

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    Katherine Kaplan on December 2, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Daniel Singer I believe you are my third cousin once removed!

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    gershon grenberg on December 12, 2022 at 3:34 pm

    I teach the history of Jewish religious philosophical Hebrew texts in America at Bar Ilan University, and will include R Singer’s religious Zionism (at the end of Zikaron basefer) in my section of the course on the topic (including Rashi Finkelstein’s work (also in 1899). Would be happy to hear all details about him.

    Gershon Greenberg

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    Mendel on September 15, 2024 at 2:26 pm

    Hi,

    I recently came across some fascinating information about Chazzan Singer, and I’m eager to learn more. If you have any additional insights or details, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share them with me at menachemmendelgurary@gmail.com.

    Thank you in advance!