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congregation
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The Boy on the Wooden Box
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- The rabbi would begin the service in a strong, vibrant voice that soon blended in with the voices of the congregation.†
p. 17.1 *congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- The rest of the time each member of the congregation was on his or her own.†
p. 17.2
- Sometimes when a Christian Pole wanted to describe a chaotic event, he would say, "It was like a Jewish congregation."†
p. 17.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.