Questions tagged [minyan]
quorum of 10 free adult Jewish males necessary for certain communal functions often related to prayers.
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Can a minyan meet online?
My question is twofold:
Can a person present via webcam (with sound enabled), but not present physically, count towards a minyan (see this example)?
If not, can that person still receive the ...
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How do you know when to make Chacham Harazim if you can't count Jews?
As I understand it, "Chacham harazim" is the bracha we make upon seeing an assembly of more than 600,000 Jews.
I'm not clear on the exact detail of this law/tradition, but I also know we are not ...
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Nature of the minyan for reading Zachor
According to some opinions (see Shulchan Aruch OC 146:2 and 685:7; and others), one is obligated to hear parashat Zachor read among a minyan, but one can (and must) read it without a minyan if there ...
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Comprehensive map/list of active Orthodox synagogues in the U.S
Does anyone know of a map or list of all the active Orthodox shuls in the U.S.? When I was looking for which residencies to apply to it was my limiting factor and sometimes it was hard to find out ...
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What if, when the Kohanim washing their hands, less than ten remain?
Before Birkas Kohanim, the Levi'im wash the Kohanim's hands. In many communities, this occurs during the chazzan's repitition of Shemoneh Esrei, and in a room outside the main shul.
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Is a Minyan allowed to count a man that does not keep Shabbos?
If someone has never kept shabbos, works on shabbos or owns a business that is open on shabbos, can he be counted towards a minyan?
Is there any leniency if the minyan is short by one, and they get ...
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Can you say kaddish if some of the 10 people in the minyan are forbidden from answering?
If there are exactly 10 people in a minyan and one or more are forbidden from answering kaddish at that moment, is kaddish allowed to be recited? Examples of such a situation may include if someone is ...
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Should people davening alone daven together?
If a few men know there will be no minyan so they choose to daven biyechidut, is there merit to their staying "together" either in shul or not? Is there a notion of "kahal" or &...
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Torah was taken out for reading, when you discover you had no minyan. What now?
This is a follow-up on this question.
Let's say that the 10th person who came into the shul turned out to be a Gentile. No one asked him anything when he came in.
You took out the Torah on a Monday, ...
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Davening maariv occasionally without minyan
The maariv prayer service was originally established as a reshut and that has ramifications in halacha. Does it affect the obligation to pray maariv with a minyan? Perhaps similar to how we can skip ...
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Tenth arrives during or after the silent shemonei esreh - sources
What responsa are there on whether to have chazaras hashatz when the tenth arrives (completing the minyan) during or even after the tefillah b'lachash (silent prayer)?
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Do contemporary Sefardi poskim absolutely require ten men at a wedding?
Beit Yosef, Tur Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer 62:
Rashba, responsum 1127, was asked about a city in which there are no ten men for reciting the [seven] blessings [at the wedding], and it's impossible ...
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Why do many non-Orthodox Jews come to shul regularly only after a parent's death? [closed]
I attend a Conservative / traditional shul. Primarily because of neighborhood demographics (the neighborhood is now largely Orthodox), we have tremendous problems forming a daily minyan. It seems that ...
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what are the origins of the requirement for a minyan?
From what is the requirement for ten adult Jewish males for certain prayers derived?
I kind of assumed this may be in some way related to Abraham's struggle to find the righteous males in the cities ...
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What is considered praying with a minyan?
What is the minium that one must say with a minyan to count as if he prayed with a minyan?
Since "tefillah" when mentioned in the Talmud referrs to the Amidah is it safe to assume that only praying ...
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Rules for Selichot when the minyan isn't complete at start time
If the shul doesn't have a full minyan at the time when Selichot is supposed to start, and waiting for a minyan to gather before starting is not an option, what are the rules for what you say or don't ...
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Berith Millah in a different section of the Shul - Do you say Tahanun?
Are you supposed to say Tahanun if there is a Berith Millah being held in a different section of the Shul (eg., different Minyan being held in a different room)?
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Have poskim written about partnership minyanim?
Are there any contemporary responsa regarding partnership minyanim, such as Shira Hadasha and Darkei Noam?
Various rabbis have written against it (e.g., R. Student, R. Rothstein, R. Firmer) and it ...
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Saying Yekum Purkan after the Minyan is already up to Av HaRachamim or Ashrei
The Halacha is that a individual not Davening with a Minyan does not say Yekum Purkan. Suppose you are in Shul and for some reason the Chazan finished Yekum Purkan and is already up to Av HaRachamim ...
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Is someone allowed to "defect" from forming a minyan to go to work?
This occurred in my shul a few days ago:
A person came to shul and there were 8 people. He was asked to stay a few minutes as within 5 minutes, 2 more people would certainly come and there would be a ...
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Should I alter my schedule to daven Minchah with a minyan?
Is it better to wait to daven Minchah K’tanah if there’s a chance one could be finished working before sunset? Or is it okay to daven Minchah Gedolah and join the minyan for Ma’ariv, even though one ...
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Is bentching with a minyan considered a davar shebikdusha?
Closely related (particular example of): What is the meaning of Davar Shebakedusha?
The Aruch Hashulchan notes that the wedding blessings require ten men, but are not a 'davar shebikdusha' (E.H. 62:...
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Is tachanun omitted if the mourner in Shiva isn't part of the minyan?
I was at a shiva minyan this morning but the mourner was not there (he was running late from the airport and some people could not wait). He showed up in the middle and went in to another room, then ...
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Davening in shul vs. davening in an avel's home
Two scenarios:
1 - A person has a choice of either being the 10th person for a minyan at either a shul or a mourner's home. Where should he go? Assume that one of these 2 places count on him to form ...
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Does all or nothing apply to a minyan?
Is it better to daven with 5 people instead of 2, even though you won't have a minyan anyways?
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Should you answer Kadish s'fayka?
If someone is making a minyan which you beleive doesn't have the required ten people, he says that guy will answer but you see that he most likely will not, and all together you highly doubt whether ...
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Only nine sober men in a minyan
Do nine sober men and one drunk man constitute a minyan? While I know that one should not be davening if they are drunk (tipsy as well?) but does that negate the fact that there are ten (or more) men ...
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Why say birchat gomel with a minyan?
Birchat ha gomel is said in place of bringing a toda korban. Why is the birchat gomel said with a minyan? Why do we want to with a minyan to say birchat hagomel? Did a toda require a minyan?
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Backroom, minyan and shul
I read somewhere that people who daven in the backroom of a shul (i.e. a hallway or on the balcony) are not יוצא davening with a tzibur, unless there happens to be a minyan in that room with them. ...
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Source for a minyan while davening?
The patriarchs and Hannah, after whom we model our davening, all davened alone. From where do we learn the strong preference for davening with a minyan? Also, there always was a minyan in the Temple. ...
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Kabed et Avicha v'et imecha vs Being one of the first ten for a minyan
We know that the first ten people who make up a minyan get schar for every person who attends that minyan. So what happens if a person and their father come to shul and see that there are 9 people. ...
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A minyan made entirely of cohanim
In the case of a minyan which is entirely made up of cohanim when it comes time to say birkas cohanim...
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Do they wash their own hands or do they assist each other?
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Praying at the same time
Are there any sources (prior to 5780) that discuss the value or lack thereof of isolated individuals praying at the same time?
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Kaddish over skype [duplicate]
If there's a situation where one must recite Kaddish, as for example following the death of a close relative, but said person does not have a minyan or synagogue nearby. Can a virtual skype minyan in ...
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Is it permissible to switch the chazzan in the middle of shacharit on a weekday?
In Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 55:3, the Rama states that if there was a minyan for the beginning of Shmoneh Esrei and some left, the chazzan can say up to (and including) Kaddish Shalem (after Uva ...
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