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(noun) count, number; pl. מניינים \ מִנְיָנִים mīnyānīm) is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. In more traditional streams of Judaism, only men 13 and older may constitute a minyan; the minimum of 10 Jews needed for a meeting has its origin [ citation needed ] in Abraham's prayer ...
These new groups often combine a commitment to halakha/Jewish law with egalitarianism, and strive to create worship services where traditional prayer can become "spiritual experiences". [1] Minyan (מנין) is the prayer quorum traditionally required for a full Jewish prayer service.
Individual prayer is considered acceptable, but prayer with a quorum of ten Jewish adults—a minyan—is the most highly recommended form of prayer and is required for some prayers. An adult in this context means over the age of 12 or 13 (bat or bar mitzvah).
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a group necessary to ... (traditionally, ten male adults, above the age of 13) necessary for Jewish communal prayer to ...
Halakha (Jewish law from the Mishnah – the "Oral Torah") states that communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever a minyan, a group of at least 10 Jewish adults, is assembled, often (but not necessarily) led by a rabbi. Worship can also happen alone or with fewer than ten people, but certain prayers are considered by halakha as solely ...
The presence of a quorum of ten Jewish adults is required for the reading of the Torah to be held in public during the course of the worship services. As the Torah is sung , following the often dense text is aided by a yad ("hand"), a metal or wooden hand-shaped pointer that protects the scrolls by avoiding unnecessary contact of the skin with ...
He died last month at age 84, but his legacy lives on as a musical innovator who brought a fresh, jazzy sensibility to Jewish worship. Originally from western Pennsylvania, the rabbi known in his ...
"Guide for the Halakhic Minyan" is a work published to provide Jewish worship groups, especially Partnership minyans, with halachic (Jewish legal) sources that support the participation of women in leadership roles in traditional worship services, including the reading from the Sefer Torah (Torah scroll), Haftarah (biblical prophetic portions), and other special biblical readings, such as the ...