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Why are ten men needed for a minyan?
By Shmuel Kogan
Shmuel The Biblical source for the requirement of ten men to complete a "minyan" (lit. count or number) is Numbers 14:27. Moses sent spies to scout the land of Canaan. Ten of them returned and issued a report concluding that it is not a conquerable land. ...
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Which prayers are omitted when praying alone?
By Eliezer Posner
Question: Due to my work schedule it is impossible for me to attend morning prayer services in the synagogue, so I plan on praying at home. However, I'm somewhat confused as to which specific prayers I should recite. I understand that some require a ...
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My JetBlue Minyan 
By Zvi Konikov
A trip to the Holy Land became a spiritual experience even before we took off.
Lifecycles » Death & Mourning » Kaddish & Memorial » Readings » My JetBlue Minyan
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Got Minyan?
How to count to 10 in 4 steps
To say the Kaddish, there must be ten male Jews, age 13 and up in the room. They all have to be in the same room, not out in the hallway or hiding in the closet. It's best if they are all awake, but if one of them just won't wake up, you can still count ...
Lifecycles » Kaddish » Basic Rules » Got Minyan?
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The Minyan
By Maurice Lamm
The requirement that a congregation of at least ten adult Jewish males be present for the wedding service was evolved gradually. In Talmudic times, when the nuptials and betrothal were two distinct ceremonies separated by up to a year’s time, the ...
Lifecycles » Marriage » Library » Books » The Jewish Way in Love & Marriage » Planning the Wedding » The Minyan
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The Tenth Jew
By Yerachmiel Tilles
"By the sanction of the Almighty," Rabbi Leib intoned, "and by the sanction of the congregation... we declare it permissible to pray with the sinners..."
Library » Stories » Chassidic » The Tenth Jew
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The Prayers
Prayer is the service of the heart, and is one of the many ways that love of G-d is expressed. Although one may pray in private, traditionally praying with a congregation has always been preferable. Every effort to join a congregation in prayer should be ...
Jewish Practice » The Synagogue » Prayer Services » The Prayers
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The Value of Private vs. Congregational Prayer
Part 2 of 4
By Lazer Gurkow
Audio Classes » Jewish Practice » Prayer » The Dialogue of Prayer » The Value of Private vs. Congregational Prayer
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Women in the Synagogue
An Answer to the Controversy
By Tzvi Freeman
The issue is even more baffling than you think. Most of the guidelines for prayer, we learned from a lady named Chana who lived about 3000 years ago. Yet all the dominant roles in communal prayer are given to men!
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Celebrating Jewish Womanhood » Women in the Synagogue
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Abraham's Synagogue
The Jews of the settlement began to feel desperate, and busy as they were, they scattered towards all the main roads, hoping against hope that even at this late hour a miracle would happen and they would find a tenth Jew...
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Yom Kippur » Stories » Abraham's Synagogue
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