All 9 Uses
congregation
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The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
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- , his back to the congregation, the little boy still holding on to his caftan.†
Chpt 2.7congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- A whisper moved through the congregation, followed by the rustle of pages as prayer books were opened.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- Reb Saunders stood with his back to the congregation, swaying back and forth, occasionally clapping his hands together, and the child stood at his right, swaying too, in obvious imitation of his father.†
Chpt 2.7
- Throughout the entire service, Reb Saunders stood with his back to the congregation, sometimes raising his head toward the ceiling, or raising his hands to cover his eyes.†
Chpt 2.7
- "Rabbi Halafta son of Dosa teaches us, 'When ten people sit together and occupy themselves with the Torah, the Presence of God abides among them, as it is said, "God standeth in the congregation of the godly."†
Chpt 2.7
- A congregation is ten.†
Chpt 2.7
- Danny told me later that it contained the sayings of the Ba'al Shem Tov and had been presented to his father as a gift on his fiftieth birthday by the members of his congregation.†
Chpt 2.8
- We would rise a little before seven, go down to the synagogue to pray the Morning Service with the congregation, have breakfast with the family, then go out onto his porch if the day was nice, or stay in his room if it wasn't, and spend the morning studying Talmud.†
Chpt 2.12
- During the Morning Service on the first Shabbat in June, Reb Saunders announced to the congregation his son's intention to study psychology.†
Chpt 3.18
Definitions:
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(1)
(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.