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  • noun Plural form of minyan.

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  • This shift toward more ritual practice, as well as the intensified search for spirituality demonstrated by the rise in independent minyanim (prayer groups), might suggest that the greatest rift in the Jewish community is between religious Jews (of all denominations) and the non-religious, or believers versus non-believers, or perhaps between the synagogue-affiliated and the unaffiliated.

    Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community? Paul Golin 2010

  • This shift toward more ritual practice, as well as the intensified search for spirituality demonstrated by the rise in independent minyanim (prayer groups), might suggest that the greatest rift in the Jewish community is between religious Jews (of all denominations) and the non-religious, or believers versus non-believers, or perhaps between the synagogue-affiliated and the unaffiliated.

    Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community? Paul Golin 2010

  • This shift toward more ritual practice, as well as the intensified search for spirituality demonstrated by the rise in independent minyanim (prayer groups), might suggest that the greatest rift in the Jewish community is between religious Jews (of all denominations) and the non-religious, or believers versus non-believers, or perhaps between the synagogue-affiliated and the unaffiliated.

    Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community? Paul Golin 2010

  • This shift toward more ritual practice, as well as the intensified search for spirituality demonstrated by the rise in independent minyanim (prayer groups), might suggest that the greatest rift in the Jewish community is between religious Jews (of all denominations) and the non-religious, or believers versus non-believers, or perhaps between the synagogue-affiliated and the unaffiliated.

    Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community? Paul Golin 2010

  • The recession has prompted more groups to lower or get rid of admission fees, a practice championed by independent minyanim -- worship communities -- and the ultra-Orthodox Chabad Lubavitch movement.

    High Holidays: Synagogues Reconsider High Price 2010

  • The recession has prompted more groups to lower or get rid of admission fees, a practice championed by independent minyanim -- worship communities -- and the ultra-Orthodox Chabad Lubavitch movement.

    High Holidays: Synagogues Reconsider High Price 2010

  • I personally applaud the newer "egalitarian" minyanim that are springing up in Israel, although, prohibiting women from leading shacharit because of "divrei she-b'k'dushah" is equally frustrating...

    Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010

  • 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. 2009

  • Fortunately, someone pointed out that Ackerman keeps copies of the Old Testament and other Jewish prayer books in his office, where he often hosts minyanim, assemblies of 10 or more men required for Jewish community prayer.

    FLASHBACK: Federal Official Was Sworn In On Koran Seven Years Ago 2009

  • They have been prominent in the establishment of alternative minyanim (prayer groups) and in lobbying for the improved status of women in issues of halakhah (Jewish Law).

    Pelech Religious Experimental High School for Girls, Jerusalem. 2009

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