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Minyan logo #10101) Judaical quorum 2) Quorum 3) Quorum for Jewish worship 4) Quorum in a synagogue 5) Synagogue quorum
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minyan logo #21227[English words of Yiddish origin] the quorum of ten adult (i.e., 13 or older) Jews who are necessary for the holding of a public worship service (Yiddish מנין minyen, from Hebrew מנין minyān) (OED, MW:Hebrew)
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Minyan logo #21000 In Judaism, a minyan (מִנְיָן minˈjan lit. noun count, number; pl. מִניָנִים minyanim minjanˈim) is the quorum of ten Jewish male adults required for certain religious obligations. According to many non-Orthodox streams of Judaism, adult females count in the minyan. The most common activity requiring a minyan is public prayer. Ac...
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Minyan logo #21002• (n.) A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.
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minyan logo #21003in Judaism, the minimum number of males (10) required to constitute a representative `community of Israel` for liturgical purposes. A Jewish boy of ...
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minyan logo #20688In Judaism, the ten adult Jewish men required for public prayer to take place, either in a synagogue or temple, or in the home, as in the ceremony of brit milah (ritual circumcision) performed on a...
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Minyan logo #20972Min·yan' noun (Jewish Relig.) A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.
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Minyan logo #23070Term applied to the group of ten Jewish men (13 years or older) who make up the minimum number for communal worship.
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Minyan logo #23057Quorum of ten men, over the Bar Mitzvah age, required for a service. Progressive communities may include women but do not always require a minyan.
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minyan logo #20974 noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
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minyan logo #21221In Judaism, the ten adult Jewish men required for public prayer to take place, either in a synagogue or temple, or in the home, as in the ceremony of brit milah (ritual circumcision) performed on a newborn boy
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Minyan logo #23058Quorum of ten necessary for public worship.
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Minyan logo #23058Quorum of ten people necessary for public prayer.
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