10 men, called a Minyan. AFAIK in Orthodox Judiasm, women still don't count Hope I'm wrong <grin>
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > I believe (lots of more jewish than me people here to correct > me) that jews > dont' need a synagogue to pray but just 9 "men". > In fact there is some joke about it my dad used to tell.....I > am sure I will > get it all wrong so I won't tell it. > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > > > Did I hear them say that "unlike Jews and Christians" > Muslims don't need > a > > > centralized place to pray? > > > > > It seems they also said that uniquely, Muslim's > > > mosques are more than a place of worship. I can't speak > for Jews, but > > > certainly Christians don't believe the only place you can > pray is in a > > > church, nor do they believe that a physical church represents the > religion > > > (as was implied). The Body of Christ is where ever there > are believers. > > > Also, many churches also serve as education facilities > and community > > > facilities, and it's been this way since early in the > church history. > > > > Maybe they were refering to "going to church"? I don't > know. I didn't > > catch that part. > > > > > I just got the impression, without really paying as close > attention to > the > > > beginning of that segament as I would like, that they were > > mischaracterizing > > > Christianity (and possibly Judiasim). > > > > > > H. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
