minyan

NOUN
  1. 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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  • As a consequence, participants in women's tefillah groups omit any davar she-bi-kedushah, i.e., any part of the service which requires a minyan. David Suissa: 10 Men, 10 Women: The Challenge from Feminist Orthodox Jews
  • While traveling, I was forced to have to pray on my own, and without a minyan.
  • My perspective on these issues is that of an striving to be observant Jew that regularly davens at an egalitarian Conservative shul as well as occasionally at a liberal Orthodox “Indie Minyan” at a local university. Actually, Not Sure What’s For Dinner | Jewschool
  • They have been prominent in the establishment of alternative minyanim (prayer groups) and in lobbying for the improved status of women in issues of halakhah (Jewish Law). Pelech Religious Experimental High School for Girls, Jerusalem.
  • As stated in Yanzhou Shihfang Minyan, according to Local Chronicles records, but also from sculpture "Day Activity Days praised" Square Hacken Lee, Li Kejian brother's hands.
  • This shift toward more ritual practice, as well as the intensified search for spirituality demonstrated by the rise in independent minyanim (prayer groups), might suggest that the greatest rift in the Jewish community is between religious Jews (of all denominations) and the non-religious, or believers versus non-believers, or perhaps between the synagogue-affiliated and the unaffiliated. Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community?
  • He joined a morning minyan and started putting on tefillin.
  • He said that when he committed himself to three things - praying everyday with a minyan, daily Torah learning and outreach to fellow Jews - his success at work skyrocketed.
  • The only time he really got suddenly interested in reading something was when his mother died, and he tried to get a minyan together to read Kaddish for her.
  • His next exploit was to fight and conquer the Minyans, who had been exacting a burdensome tribute from the Thebans.
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