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This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. The Synagogue Last updated On this page Synagogue layout and services Clothing during worship Sacred items and ceremonies Find out more Page options Print this page. Synagogue layout and services Inside the synagogue The synagogue is the Jewish place of worship, but is also used as a place to study, and often as a community centre as well.
Segregation In Orthodox synagogues men and women sit separately, and everyone except young girls has their head covered. The service Synagogue services can be led by a rabbi, a cantor or a member of the congregation.
Traditional Jewish worship requires a minyan a quorum of ten adult males to take place. Few British synagogues now have a choir, but they are more common in the USA. Clothing during worship Hats and prayer shawls Everyone except unmarried women wears a hat in synagogue in order to show reverence to God. Jewish men always wear hats when they are saying prayers which mention God's name.
Observant Jewish men wear a hat almost all the time. Hats are always available for visitors, but a hair grip comes in handy to keep a kippah on.
Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. In addition to the ner tamid, you may find a menorah candelabrum in many synagogues, symbolizing the menorah in the Temple.
The menorah in the synagogue will generally have six or eight branches instead of the Temple menorah's seven, because exact duplication of the Temple's ritual items is improper. In the center of the room or in the front you will find a pedestal called the bimah. The Torah scrolls are placed on the bimah when they are read. The bimah is also sometimes used as a podium for leading services.
There is an additional, lower lectern in some synagogues called an amud. In Orthodox synagogues, you will also find a separate section where the women sit. This may be on an upper floor balcony, or in the back of the room, or on the side of the room, separated from the men's section by a wall or curtain called a mechitzah.
Men are not permitted to pray in the presence of women. Non-Jews are always welcome to attend services in a synagogue, so long as they behave as proper guests. Proselytizing and "witnessing" to the congregation are not proper guest behavior. Would you walk into a stranger's house and criticize the decor? But we always welcome non-Jews who come to synagogue out of genuine curiosity, interest in the service or simply to join a friend in celebration of a Jewish event. When going to a synagogue, you should dress as you would for church or a mosque: nicely, formally, and modestly.
A man should wear a yarmulke skullcap if Jewish men in the congregation do so; yarmulkes are available at the entrance for those who do not have one. In some synagogues, married women should also wear a head covering.
A piece of lace sometimes called a "chapel hat" is generally provided for this purpose in synagogues where this is required. Non-Jews should not, however, wear a tallit prayer shawl or tefillin , because these items are signs of our obligation to observe Jewish law. If you are in an Orthodox synagogue, be careful to sit in the right section: men and women are seated separately in an Orthodox synagogue. During services, non-Jews can follow along with the English, which is normally printed side-by-side with the Hebrew in the prayerbook.
You may join in with as much or as little of the prayer service as you feel comfortable participating in. You may wish to review Jewish Liturgy before attending the service, to gain a better understanding of what is going on. Non-Jews should stand whenever the Ark is open and when the Torah is carried to or from the Ark, as a sign of respect for the Torah and for G-d.
At any other time where worshippers stand, non-Jews may stand or sit. When we speak of The Temple , we speak of the place in Jerusalem that was the center of Jewish religion from the time of Solomon to its destruction by the Romans in 70 C. This was the one and only place where sacrifices and certain other religious rituals were performed.
It was partially destroyed at the time of the Babylonian Exile and rebuilt. The rebuilt temple was known as the Second Temple.
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