Synagogue | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Synagogue


00:01:12 1 Terminology
00:02:08 2 Origins
00:05:22 3 Samaritan synagogues
00:05:32 3.1 Name and history
00:06:25 3.2 Distinguishing elements
00:09:26 3.3 Archaeological finds
00:09:47 3.3.1 Diaspora
00:10:20 3.3.2 The wider Holy Land
00:10:54 3.3.3 Samaria
00:11:29 4 Jewish-Christian synagogue-churches
00:11:56 5 Architectural design
00:13:54 6 Interior elements
00:14:03 6.1 Bimah (platform)
00:14:24 6.2 Table or lectern
00:14:37 6.3 Torah Ark
00:14:46 6.4 Eternal Light
00:15:18 6.5 Inner decoration
00:16:28 6.6 Seating
00:16:51 6.7 Special seats
00:17:11 7 Rules for attendees
00:18:01 7.1 Taking off one's shoes
00:19:11 7.2 Gender separation
00:19:20 8 Denominational differences
00:19:45 8.1 Reform Judaism
00:20:04 9 Synagogue as community center
00:20:14 10 Synagogue offshoots
00:21:07 11 List of "great synagogues"
00:21:31 11.1 Israel
00:22:37 11.2 Europe
00:22:53 11.2.1 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
00:23:04 11.2.2 Poland
00:23:12 11.2.3 Czech Republic
00:23:34 11.2.4 Hungary
00:23:51 11.2.5 Austria
00:24:01 11.2.6 Germany
00:24:15 11.2.7 Netherlands
00:24:33 11.2.8 Scandinavia
00:24:43 11.2.9 France and Belgium
00:24:54 11.2.10 Italy
00:25:04 11.2.11 Romania
00:25:20 11.2.12 Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia
00:25:32 11.2.13 Turkey (European part)
00:25:49 11.3 North Africa
00:26:06 11.4 Australia
00:26:17 12 World's largest synagogues
00:26:31 12.1 Israel
00:26:42 12.2 Europe
00:26:52 12.3 North America
00:27:23 13 World's oldest synagogues
00:28:51 13.1 Oldest synagogues in the United States
00:30:17 14 Other famous synagogues
00:32:15 15 Image gallery
00:32:52 16 See also
00:35:57 17 References
00:36:06 18 External links



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A synagogue (pronounced ; from Greek συναγωγή, synagogē, 'assembly', Hebrew: בית כנסת‬ bet kenesset, 'house of assembly' or בית תפילה‬ bet tefila, "house of prayer", Yiddish: שול shul, Ladino: אסנוגה esnoga or קהל kahal), is a Jewish or Samaritan house of worship.
Synagogues have a large place for prayer (the main sanctuary) and may also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study, called the בית מדרש‬ beth midrash "house of study".
Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of prayer, Tanakh (the entire Hebrew Bible, including the Torah) reading, study and assembly; however, a synagogue is not necessary for worship. Halakha holds that communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews (a minyan) assemble. Worship can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However, halakha considers certain prayers as communal prayers and therefore they may be recited only by a minyan. In terms of its specific ritual and liturgical functions, the synagogue does not replace the long-since destroyed Temple in Jerusalem.