Minyan
Sign in to saveIn Judaism, a minyan ( minyān , lit. (noun) count, number; pl. minyānīm ) is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. In all traditional orthodox practising Jewish religious movements, only men aged 13 years and older may constitute a minyan. The minimum of 10 Jews needed for a minyan has its origin (in part) in Abraham's prayer to God in Genesis 18:32. The minyan has additional roots in the judicial structure of ancient Israel as Moses first established it in Exodus 18:25 (i.e., the "rule of the 10s"). Cyrus Adler's and Lewis Naphtali Dembitz's entry for "Mi
Key facts
- Halacha.talmud
- Megillah 23b; Sanhedrin 74b
- Halacha.talmudy
- Megillah 4:4
- Halacha.mishnah
- Megillah 4:3
- Halacha.rambam
- Hilchot Tefillah 8:1
- Halacha.sa
- Orach Chayim 55
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- Jewish prayer
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- Minyan at the Kotel.jpg
- Has use
- Jewish prayer
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- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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- Minyan
- number of participants
- 10
- has characteristic
- rule
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