The prayers are led from the front of the room.
A synagogue may be any large room where.
Each synagogue had elders who were the officials that formed a kind of local tribunal whose authority would be dictated in large part by local laws.
Bet ha tefilla house of prayer bet ha kneset house of assembly and bet ha midrash house of study.
The synagogue of santa maría la blanca literally synagogue of saint mary the white originally known as the ibn shushan synagogue or commonly the congregational synagogue of toledo is a museum and former synagogue in toledo spain erected in 1180 according to an inscription on a beam it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in europe still standing.
In hebrew a synagogue is called beit knesset which means a house of gathering the word synagogue comes from sunagoge which is a greek word.
Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction.
The curtain of the ark as well as the cloth coverings of the bimah and amud can be any color.
According to tradition the divine presence can be found wherever there is a minyan a quorum of ten a synagogue always contains an ark called aron ha kodesh by ashkenazim and hekhal.
However during the high holidays white coverings are generally used reflecting sanctity purity and forgiveness.
There is generally a lectern called an amud lit.
Some have a separate room for torah study called the בית מדרש beth midrash lit.
Synagogues have a large place for prayer the main sanctuary and may also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices.
There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural shapes and interior designs of synagogues vary greatly.
Besides it may be said that there was no room for such meetings under the old testament dispensation.
In a synagogue jews carry out the jewish services which consist of prayers sometimes with special actions.
A synagogue is a place where jews meet to worship and pray to god.
A synagogue will usually have a large room for prayers.
And this of itself would be decisive considering the importance of the subject.
In purely jewish communities they had a lot of power while in greco roman and other communities their actual power to punish was limited.
On the other hand there is not a hint of synagogue worship either in the law or the prophets.
Pillar on which the leader who also faces the front can place his prayerbook.
Synagogue in judaism a community house of worship that serves as a place for liturgical services and for assembly and study.
In antiquity there was a variety of terms that represented the structure although some of these were not exclusive to the synagogue and may refer to something.
