They count, but not in that respect. Again, its a difference in perspective. Men HAVE to pray 3 times a day. Women don't. Men MUST pray with a minyan, Women don't have to. I can go on and on about the whole thing but the point is moot. A woman can't count for a minyan because she's not bound by the obligation. An aside, a boy younger than 13 doesn't count either as he's not bound by obligation either.
> 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. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
