NOUN
- the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
How To Use minyan In A Sentence
- The Shtibl Minyan (of which she was a very a very active member when she lived in L.A.) has set up a form so that all six orders of the Mishnah will be learned during her shloshim (the initial 30-day mourning period.) Baruch Dayan HaEmet - Danya Ruttenberg
- The Kaddish is to be recited only in the presence of a duly constituted quorum, a minyan, which consists of ten males above the age of Bar Mitzvah.
- When praying without a minyan, begin with the following three-word formula.
- I am a heathen but will help make up a minyan if required, and said kaddish for my mother when she died.
- Saturday morning, on the other hand, we're lucky if we can get even ten people for a minyan. THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS
- Even the simplest routines are hard to return to after shiva, such as attending the first minyan in shul or the first P.T.A. meeting at a child's school etc.
- The distinction appears to be maintained in only a few ritual realms such as aliyah, minyan and tefillin. Feinstein, Rabbi Moses.
- Therefore, the regular Orders of Service should be recited, if possible, with a minyan of participants, defined in tradition as ten or more male Jews of the age of 13 or over.
- The family lives in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, a diverse area known for its ethnic diversity and vibrant Jewish life, home to rabbinical students and faculty at the nearby Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, a thriving Pnai Or congregation, and the lively Germantown Jewish Center, where three minyanim meet and work together on many social action projects. Ellen Frankel.
- I couldn't believe that the year was almost over and of all things - being on the way to Israel to visit my widowed mother - I wasn't going to be able to find a minyan to say Kaddish.