Guide
Rabbinic Involvement in the Synagogue
3rd–6th Centuries
Related Primary Sources
Primary Source
The Palestinian Talmud on Rabbinic Involvement in the Synagogue
y. Berakhot 9:1, 12d|y. Megillah 3:1, 73d|y. Yoma 7:1, 44a
R. Yoḥanan and R. Jonathan went to make peace in the southern settlements. They came to a place where they found the reader saying, “The great God, the…
Primary Source
The Babylonian Talmud on Rabbinic Involvement in the Synagogue
b. Berakhot 8a|b. Gittin 59b–60a
R. Ammi and R. Assi, despite [the fact] that they had thirteen synagogues in Tiberias, they would only pray between the pillars where they studied.