RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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They became places of worship because the Jews were too far away from their temple in Jerusalem.
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it was their temple
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it was where they spent their sabbath day of rest
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both a and b
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Detailed explanation-1: -Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Torah (read in its entirety once a year, or in some synagogues on a triennial cycle, in weekly Torah portions during religious services).
Detailed explanation-2: -The early Jews who were exiled from their homeland in Israel – the first ‘diaspora’ – took their religious traditions, practices and beliefs with them as they travelled to new lands. It wasn’t their aim to convert others to Judaism, but the religion spread with them as they migrated and settled.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rather, the synagogue represents Jewish participation in a general trend in Greco-Roman culture, formed as local Jewish communities organized and procured spaces in which public scriptural reading, study, prayer, as well as activities of a less sacral nature, could be performed.