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Art by Sefira Lightstone. There are certain prayers or rituals that can only take place in public. Jewish law defines this as the presence of 10 males of 13 years or older. This is known as a minyan, quorum. The quorum is so important, that the prayer service itself can be referred to as a minyan.
In Judaism, a minyan (Hebrew: מניין \ מִנְיָן mīnyān, lit. (noun) count, number; pl. מניינים \ מִנְיָנִים mīnyānīm) is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations.
Minyan is the Hebrew word that describes the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. The word itself comes from the Hebrew root maneh (מנה) meaning to count or to number.
minyan, in Judaism, the minimum number of males (10) required to constitute a representative “community of Israel” for liturgical purposes. A Jewish boy of 13 may form part of the quorum after his Bar Mitzvah (religious adulthood).
By Shmuel Kogan. Photo: MathKnight. 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 was not a conquerable land.
Kiddushin 30. Tractate Ketubot. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. Donate. When I lived in New York, I prayed daily at a large synagogue, but I found it to be a chore — an important and meaningful chore, but a chore nonetheless. I consider praying in synagogue part of my obligation to God, who I believe commanded ...
Into a family assaulted by chaos, battered by unjustifiable loss, the shiva minyan asserts continuing purpose, affirms a world view that stands in the face of death and proclaims the imperative of life, acting on the biblical charge for “one generation to laud God’s works to another.”.
In the same chapter Maimonides explains as the advantage of reciting the prayer with minyan: that it is sure to be heard; and, following the Talmudic passages below, the other codes concur. Presence of the Shekinah. It was the firm belief of the sages that wherever ten Israelites are assembled, either for worship or for the study of the Law ...
As you can read in Why Are 10 Men Needed for a Minyan?, anything that is a davar shebikedushah, a declaration of G‑d’s holiness such as Kaddish, Barechu or Kedushah, requires at least a minyan present. 1. In fact, if you look at the very text of Kaddish, you can see that it is structured to be said in the presence of others.
What is a Minyan. In Judaism, a quorum of ten Jewish adults is called a minyan. The word minyan in Hebrew "מִנְיָן" [minˈjan] means count or number and consists of ten (10) individuals over the age of thirteen (13).
