RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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synagogue
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temple
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church
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mosque
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jewish place of worship is called the synagogue. It is also a place of meeting for Jews. Synagogues have three main functions. Firstly, they are a house of prayer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main prayers in the synagogue happen in the prayer hall or the prayer room. This room is usually rectangular and has seats.
Detailed explanation-3: -A synagogue, sometimes called a temple or a shul, is for Jews what a church is for Christians, or a mosque for Muslims, or a temple for Hindus.
Detailed explanation-4: -While temple and synagogue are used interchangeably to describe the Jewish place of worship in modern-day society, there are different historical backgrounds for the two words. Reform Judaism began to reclaim the word temple as an interchangeable word for synagogue.