Minyan
Quorum of ten Jewish adults for certain religious obligations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the term used in Judaism. For other uses, see Minyan (disambiguation).
In Judaism, a minyan (Hebrew: מניין \ מִנְיָן mīnyān [minˈjan], lit. (noun) count, number; pl. מניינים \ מִנְיָנִים mīnyānīm [minjaˈnim]) is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. In more traditional streams of Judaism, only men 13 and older may constitute a minyan; The minimum of 10 Jews needed for a meeting has its origin[citation needed] in Abraham's prayer to God in Genesis 18:23.
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Torah: | Leviticus 22:32 |
Mishnah: | Megillah 4:3 |
Babylonian Talmud: | Megillah 23b; Sanhedrin 74b |
Jerusalem Talmud: | Megillah 4:4 |
Mishneh Torah: | Hilchot Tefillah 8:1 |
Shulchan Aruch: | Orach Chayim 55 |
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The most common activity requiring a minyan is public prayer. Accordingly, the term minyan in contemporary Judaism has taken on the secondary meaning of referring to a prayer service.