The word minyan translates as "count." Jewish law stipulates that a minimum of 10 men over the age of 13 are required for what is called a davar shebekedusha\u2014a holy matter, such as certain parts of prayer or the liturgy of a wedding.<\/p>\n
While the number ten is common in various contexts (10 commandments, 10 fingers on the hand, 10 toes), the Torah teaches that at least 10 men are needed to form a congregation, as described in the story of the spies Moses sent to the Land of Israel. Of the twelve men who went, two returned with a positive account and ten with a negative one.<\/p>\n
The verse says that God exclaimed, \u00abHow long will this wicked congregation continue?\u00bb referring to the ten men who had spoken evil. From this, it is understood that a congregation consists of at least ten men.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The translation of the word minyan is "count." Jewish law states that a minimum of 10 men over the age of 13 are required for what is called a davar shebekedusha\u2014a holy matter, such as certain parts of prayer or the liturgy of a wedding. While the number\u2026 Read More \u00bbThe minian<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2322,6],"tags":[950,971,962,1019,1003,942],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos","category-vida-judia","tag-di-s","tag-hombre","tag-ley","tag-moshe","tag-rezo","tag-tora"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/Minian.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"El mini\u00e1n<\/a><\/blockquote>