judaism

• Synagogue

  Building for Jewish public prayer, study and assembly
• Worship

  To show devotion to God and/or religion through actions - for example, prayer
• Synagogue

  • Star of David and menorah often found outside
  • Prayer hall with seats on three sides facing inwards
  • Aron hakodesh - large cupboard facing Jerusalem, holiest place
  • Sefer Torah - Torah scroll kept inside aron hakodesh
  • Ner tamid - always-burning lamp above aron hakodesh
  • Bimah - raised platform with reading desk, where Sefer Torah is read
  • No images of God or people, as Ten Commandments forbid worshipping idols
  • Men and women sit in separate sections in Orthodox synagogues, together in Reform synagogues
• Minyan

  Minimum number (quorum) of ten people required for certain prayers
• Synagogue is an important centre for Jewish communities where meetings, social gatherings, and educational classes take place</b>
• Synagogues often hold charity events and have various activities for young people, such as youth clubs
• Ten people are needed for a minyan
• the torah was written by moses on tablets given to him from god at mount sinai.
• the torah contains five books, genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers and deuteronomy.
• the jewish holy book is the torah
• the torah scroll is kept in the ark which is located behind the bima (raised platform)
• Jewish law states that every Jew must read the entire Torah once a year during synagogue services.
• The Torah is considered the most sacred text in Judaism and is believed to be divinely inspired.