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What is the importance of seating men and women seperately ina synagogue?
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it is so that they will pay attention to praying and not to each other.
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What are at least two types of synagogue designs?
1) A synagogue in which the women's section is in a raised balcony. 2) A synagogue in which the men and women are both on the ground floor in separate seating areas.See also:More about Jewish prayers and the synagogue
What are the male and female seating arrangements in a synagogue?
In Orthodox synagogues, men and women are seated separately.
Why is there a men's and women's seating area in a Synagogue?
Just like in the Temple, the men and women have separate seating areas in Orthodox synagogues (shuls) so that they can concentrate on the prayers instead of "is he/she looking at me", "look what she's wearing", etc.
What is the seating arrangements in a synagogue?
In orthodox Judaism, the men are separated from the women, some sects don't allow women in at all. In reform Judaism, the seating arrangement is generally the same as in the majority of western Churches; men and women sit together, they are not segregated. Pews or chairs
What is a mechitza?
Mechitza in Hebrew is a partition. It usually refers to a partition between the men and women seating in an orthodox synagogue. More information about Mechitza can be found at http://www.answers.com/topic/mechitza
Were woman allowed in roman theater?
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What are the men's seats in a synagogue?
Those are seats reserved in an Orthodox Synagogue for Men Only as opposed to Women's Seats which are reserved for Women Only. In an Orthodox Synagogue, the men and women are separated.
Can women be the rabbis in an orthodox synagogue?
No.
Can women wear slacks to synagogue?
Not an Orthodox synagogue of course, but a nice pair of slacks is definitely appropriate for a Conservative or Reform synagogue.
Where do Jewish women pray?
At the synagogue and at home.
When do Jewish women go to the synagogue?
whenever they want really
What is unusual about the seating in a synagogue?
In Orthodox Jewish synagogues, men and women are seated separately. This is done in order to be able to concentrate on the prayers. Within the context of the customary arrangement of the congregants during synagogue worship, there's nothing "unusual" about the seating. Either the men are seated in the front and the women at the back of the room, or the room is divided in half with a [temporary] wall, called a Mechitza running from the front to the back.
