| 释义 |
minyan, n.1|ˈmɪnjɑːn|
Pl. minyanim.
[Heb. minyān, lit. ‘count, reckoning’.]
The quorum of ten males over thirteen years of age required for formal Jewish worship.
1753Jewish Ritual 53 This..is executed by the Priest in the Presence of ten Jews, which Number of Jewish Men, they call in Hebrew, A Minyon. 1891M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 472 Women are disqualified for forming the quorum (minyan) required for public worship. 1893I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto (ed. 3) i. xii. 111 There was never lack of Minyan—the congregational quorum of ten. 1960L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant vii. 215 In the early 1860's [in Leeds], there were barely the ten Jews required for a minyan. 1962B. Abrahams tr. Life Glückel of Hameln iv. 78 A company of more than two minyanim. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 10/1 After a life of almost 33 years the congregation's list of members had of late diminished to the point where a minyan had become very difficult to secure. |