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Chazzan Shmuel Lerer
Chairman and Honorary President of
the Cantors and Choirmasters’ Association of S.A.
In the photograph below Chazzan Lerer is seated fourth from the left. A short biographical note is appended below the photograph. Below that is a repeat of the photograph but with the names of several chazzanim kindly provided by Gilad Lerer, Chazzan Lerer's son. Below that is an image of the cover of a collection of prayers by Chazzan Lerer and entitled Rejoicing and Prayer.
Chazzanim, some named, at the Beth Hachazan,
Johannesburg, circa 1974-76
| Standing [right-to-left] | |
| חזן דוײטש | Chazzan Deutsch (Yeoville) |
| חזן דוידוביץ | Chazzan Davidowitz |
| חזן דודו פישר | Chazzan Dudu Fisher |
| חזן חײם אליעזר הרשטיק | Chazzan Chaim Eliezer Hershtik |
| חזן דביר | Chazzan Dvir |
| חזן אליהו גרינבלט | Chazzan Eliyahu Greenblat |
| Seated [right-to-left] | |
| חזן צבי רוזן | Chazzan Tzvi Rosen |
| ? חזן חײטוביץ | Chazzan Chaitowitz ? |
| חזן שמואל לרר | Chazzan Shmuel Lerer |
| המנצח שלמה(?) קולמן | Conductor Shlomo(?) Colman |
| חזן זינגר | Chazzan Singer (Etz Chayim Shul) |
| חזן אברהם סלומון | Chazzan Avraham Salomon (Lion's Shul) |
The cover of a collection of prayers by Chazzan Lerer and entitled Rejoicing and Prayer
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At the opening cermony of Beth HaChazzan in Johannesburg (31.7.1975)
The letter of appointment as Honorary Life President of the Canters & Choirmasters Association of South Africa (September 1977)
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, Doornfontein, Johannesburg
Beth Hachazzan 1 [from left: Cantor Eliyahu Greenblat, Cantor Singer, Choirmaster Kolman, Cantor Shmuel Lerer].
Beth Hachazzan 2 [from left: Cantor S. Mandel, Choirmaster Kolman, Cantor Shmuel Lerer, Cantor Chaitowitz.]
