Jewish Synagogue
Jewish Worship
Shema – Hebrew
Shema Israel, Adonai elohenu – Adonai
echad
Ve’ahavta et Adonai eloeikah
B’khol levavkah
Uve’khol naphshekah
Uve’khol m’odekah
Ve’ahavta le’reacha Kamocha, Amen
Shema
Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God. The
Lord alone. Love the Lord your God
with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your might.
And Love your neighbor as yourself.
Amen.
7 items in a Synagogue
1. Mikveh – for ceremonial washing and
baptism
7 items in a Synagogue
1. Mikveh – for ceremonial washing and
baptism
2. Torah Closet – for holding community copy of
the Scriptures – 1 copy could cost as much as
a house
Orientation of Synagogue
• The orientation of the synagogue depended
on where the Torah Closet was located
– Did not matter where the people entered
• Before 70 A.D. – a synagogue faced some way
other than East.
– This was to honor Jerusalem, the Temple faced
east.
• After 70 A.D. – a synagogue faced toward
Jerusalem, the Temple was destroyed.
4th century synagogue
7 items in a Synagogue
1. Mikveh – for ceremonial washing
and baptism
2. Torah Closet – for holding community copy of
the Scriptures – 1 copy could cost as much as
a house
3. Bema – raised stone where
reader read Scripture
Bema
7 items in a synagogue
1. Mikveh – for ceremonial washing
and baptism
2. Torah Closet – for holding community copy of
the Scriptures – 1 copy could cost as much as
a house
3. Bema – raised stone where
reader read Scripture
4. Colonnade – pillars for roof
Colonnade
7 items in a Synagogue
5. Chief seats – honored spots for community
elders to sit
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7 items in a Synagogue
5. Chief seats – honored spots for community
elders to sit
6. Moses Seat – weekly Scripture reader sits
here until time of reading
Moses Seat
7 items in a Synagogue
5. Chief seats – honored spots for community
elders to sit
6. Moses Seat – weekly Scripture reader sits
here until time of reading
7. School – small room to practice reciting
Schools
En Gedi
Korazin
Capernaum
Order of Worship
1.
2.
3.
4.
Go to Mikveh
Enter synagogue as families
Caretaker starts the service
Stand for Shema and prayer
1. similar to Lord’s prayer
5. Bringing out Torah scroll
1. Silence in reverence
2. Dancing and singing as it is opened
Order of Worship
6. Torah is read and then closed
-Solemn moment and crying
7. Haftarah is read – other scripture writings
8. Testimony given - by reader
-truth of the passage, not explaining it
9. Questions could be asked
10.Benediction
-Someone who traces their line to Aaron
11.Freewill gift as they leave
Luke 4:14-30
• Jesus goes to Nazareth for Shabbat (Sabbath)
– He participates in the worship service
– Only those from the community could participate
– He was scheduled to sit in Moses’ Seat
• Scheduled reading was Isaiah 61:1-2
– What did Jesus leave out?
What else was omitted from story?
• What was the Torah reading
– The schedule is very clear
– Parashat Nitzatim – Deuteronomy 29:9-11
Carefully follow the terms of this covenant so that
you may prosper in everything you do. All of you
are standing today in the presence of the Lord
your God – your leaders and chief men, your
elders and officials, and all the other men of
Israel, together with your children and your
wives, and the aliens living in your camps who
chop your wood and carry your water.
People’s reaction
• What did they think of his explanation?
– They LOVED it!! Verse 22
• What got them upset?
– What kind of mindset did they have?
– Kanah – passion, zeal, even violence?
• They started the first step in stoning him
• What blasphemy were they stoning him for?
• He left and moved to Capernaum – Matthew 4:13
Next week
• Parable of the Good Samaritan
• Luke 10:25-37
• Mark 12:28-34