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Minyan

Gematria Values
Standard
31
Reduction
4
Simple
76
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4
English
456
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6
Hebrew
520
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7
Satanic
2736
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9
ALW Kabbalah
550
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1
Standard (Reverse)
32
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5
Simple (Reverse)
86
Reduction
5
English (Reverse)
516
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3
Hebrew (Reverse)
892
Reduction
1
Satanic (Reverse)
3096
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9
ALW Kabbalah (Reverse)
722
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11

A minyan (מִנְיָן) is a quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. The term is derived from the Hebrew word for "number" or "count," reflecting the numerical requirement for this quorum. In traditional Jewish practice, a minyan is necessary for public worship, including the recitation of specific prayers such as the Kaddish, Barchu, and Kedusha. The concept is rooted in the idea that communal prayer holds greater spiritual significance than individual prayer. The requirement for a minyan is based on interpretations of the Talmud and other rabbinic texts. In some modern interpretations, particularly within Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, the composition of a minyan may include individuals of all genders and ages, though traditional Orthodox and Conservative Judaism typically require the minyan to consist of adult males over the age of thirteen. The term "minyan" is also used in other contexts, such as in the phrase "minyan of Torah scrolls," referring to a collection of ten Torah scrolls.

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Minyan
Quorum of ten Jewish adults for certain religious obligations
Minyan
In Judaism, a minyan is the quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations. In more traditional Jewish religious movements, only men aged 13 years and older may constitute a minyan. The minimum of 10 Jews needed for a minyan has its origin in Abraham's prayer to God in Genesis 18:32. The minyan has additional roots in the judicial structure of ancient Israel as Moses first established it in Exodus 18:25. Cyrus Adler's and Lewis Naphtali Dembitz's entry for "Minyan" in the Jewish Encyclopedia states: "The minimum of ten is evidently a survival in the Synagogue from the much older institution in which ten heads of families made up the smallest political subdivision. In Ex. xviii. Moses, on the advice of Jethro, appoints chiefs of tens, as well as chiefs of fifties, of hundreds, and of thousands. In like manner there were the decurio among the Romans and the tithingman among the early English."
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