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Reading of Scripture and Prayer in the Early Synagogue
1st–6th Centuries
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The Palestinian Talmud on Translating the Scriptural Reading
y. Megillah 4:1, 74d
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The Babylonian Talmud on Translating the Scriptural Reading
b. Megillah 21b
It was taught: [This] is not the case with regard to [reading] the Torah, [which may be read only by a single person]. The sages taught: [When reading from] the Torah, one [person] reads and one may…
Using One’s Own Lulav
m. Sukkah 3:13
If the first day of the festival falls on the Sabbath, all the people bring their lulavim to the synagogue [on Friday, as it is prohibited to carry it there on the Sabbath]. The next day they arise…
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b. Berakhot 4b, 6a–b
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Teaching, Blessing, and Eating in the Synagogue
y. Berakhot 3:1, 6a
R. Abbahu was sitting teaching in the fortified synagogue in Caesarea; there was a coffin there. There came the time for lifting the hands, and they did not ask him. There came the time for eating…
The Importance of Communal Prayer
b. Berakhot 7b–8a
R. Isaac said to R. Naḥman: Why did the master not come to the synagogue to pray? [R. Naḥman] said to him: I was [weak and] unable [to come. R. Isaac] said to him: Let the master gather ten…