Questions tagged [synagogue]
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Does a Pyramid Temple need to be destroyed in Chutz LaAretz or can it be made into a Synagogue
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Correct me if I'm wrong; I heard that it is forbidden for Avoda Zara temples to exist in Israel. What about in Chutz LaAretz? Must they be destroyed or may one make a synagogue out of it?
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Hordus' (Herod) demolishing of the Bais Hamikdash prior to rebuilding it
In Bava Batra 3b
אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: לֹא לִיסְתּוֹר אִינִיש�� בֵּי כְנִישְׁתָּא, עַד דְּבָנֵי בֵּי כְנִישְׁתָּא אַחֲרִיתִי
§ Rav Ḥisda says: A person may not demolish a synagogue until he first builds ...
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Is Taking Books from a Synagogue Theft? [closed]
If someone works in a Talmud Torah in a shul, would a person be able to take and make use of any of the sefarim (books) or would that be considered stealing?
Imagine if the scenario is without prior ...
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Clapping in shul [duplicate]
Can anybody point me to sources (not opinions) which discuss whether or not it is permitted to clap inside the sanctuary of a beit knesseth, leaving aside the issue of clapping on shabbat?
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Comprehensive List of Shul Customs and Laws Specific to Nusach Sefard [duplicate]
I'm looking for a comprehensive list of shul customs and laws specific to Nusach Sefard. For example, I would like details on the order of tefillos, when one wears a tallis (shliach tzibur and the ...
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Sefardi Tachanun in Ashkenazi Shul (and the converse) - Poresh Min Hatzibbur? If so, what to do?
The title captures the question perfectly. (Many modern*) Sefardi Tachanun procedures are very visibly different from standard Ashkenazi procedures.
Ashkenazim fall on their face
(Many modern) ...
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Does the kotel (western wall) have the Kavod of a synagogue
According to Halacha, does the kotel (western wall) have the Kavod of a synagogue? The reason I ask is because it is sort of a designated area for prayer but does this have halachic implications ...
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May synagogues issue interest bearing bonds
According to Halacha, is it permissible for synagogues to issue interest bearing bonds and sell it to its members to raise money or no? Would this be prohibited as ribbit, or since the synagogue and ...
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What’s the source of davening twords the wall?
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What’s the source or is there a source of davening facing towards the wall and not if someone is in front of you? Is the optimum way to daven facing right towards the wall and not behind someone ...
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No minyan at shul
If a person goes to shul and there is no minyan (somewhere where there usually is one):
Does that person still have the same obligation to find another minyan?
Or, are there any opinions that hold ...
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Minhag hamakom, minhag avot, tefillah in synagogue, minhag at home
We suppose that a Jew lives in a city where there are synagogues that follow his minhag avot, but in that city there are also synagogues that do not follow his minhag avot. Halakhically, can he do the ...
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Standing positions during Birkhat Kohanim
The Rambam writes (משנה תורה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים ט״ו) that people standing behind the Kohanim during birkhat Kohanim do not receive the beracha (and see Sotah 38b (here)):
עַם שֶׁהֵם אֲחוֹרֵי ...
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Halacha Sefer Quoting Reason for Holocaust [duplicate]
A while ago I saw in a Shailos u'Teshuvos sefer (I think Divrei Yatziv or Be'er Moshe) saying that the Posek saw a woman crying out that this tragedy was happening to Klal Yisroel because of talking ...
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Are any laws of the synagogue D’oraita?
There are certain Halacha parameters for a synagogue (its sanctity, to an extent its design and architecture etc.). I am confused as to whether all of these are Derabbanan, or if any are D’oraita, and ...
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Rationale of Orthodox groups who remained in the Synagogue Council of America
The opposition many had to Orthodox groups joining the Synagogue Council of America is well known. It remains easy to find articles explaining the opposition that were written back then in Torah or ...
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