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Moishe Oysher was born in 1907 in Lipkany, Bessarabia. He is considered one of the most entertaining Chazanim (cantors) ever recorded. It is said that there were Chazanim in his family going back for six generations.

In 1921 he traveled to Canada with his family and joined a traveling Yiddish theatrical company. In 1932 he started his own company and traveled to South America. After returning from South America to the U.S., he took a job as a Chazan in the High Holidays at a Romanian Synagogue in New York.

Some say that Oysher's voice was like the "roaring of the Lion". He liked the Jazz style, popular at that time, and he used similar rhythmic melodies in his prayers, respecting always the traditional Bessarabian "Doinas" and "Nussach" moods of the prayers.

He starred in 3 Yiddish films and also made many recordings.

He died in 1958.

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