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- DictionaryMin·yan/ˈminy(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a quorum of ten men (or in some synagogues, men and women) over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship.
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.
The meaning of MINYAN is the quorum required for Jewish communal worship that consists of ten male adults in Orthodox Judaism and usually ten adults of either sex in Conservative and Reform Judaism.
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). When a minyan is lacking for synagogue services, those who have.
A minyan is comprised of ten Jewish men above the age of Bar Mitzvah. Some are of the opinion that if nine men are present as well as a child who's old enough to understand the concept of praying, that too can be considered a valid minyan.
Literally, "count"; the quorum necessary for public worship. The smallest congregation which is permitted to hold public worship is one made up of ten men, boys over thirteen years being for this, as for other religious purposes, counted as men. See Bar Miẓwah.
Minyan definition: the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.. See examples of MINYAN used in a sentence.
