A) Synagogue,
also spelled (fromGreek συναγωγή, transliterated synagogē, meaning "assembly"; בית כנסת beth knesset, meaning "house of assembly"; בית תפילה beth t'fila, meaning "house of prayer"; שול shul;אסנוגה esnoga; קהל kahal), is a Jewish house of prayer.
Synagogues have a large hall for prayer (the main sanctuary), and may also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room forTorah study, called the beth midrash(Sefaradi) "beis midrash (Ashkenazi)—בית מדרש ("House of Study").
Synagogues are consecrated spaces that can be used only for the purpose of prayer; however a synagogue is not necessary forworship. Communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews (a minyan) assemble. Worship can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However there are certain prayers that are communal prayers and therefore can be recited only by aminyan. The synagogue does not replace the long-since destroyed Temple in Jerusalem.
Israelis use the Hebrew term beyt knesset(assembly house). Jews of Ashkenazidescent have traditionally used the Yiddishterm "shul" (cognate with the German Schule, school) in everyday speech. Spanish and Portuguese Jews call the synagogue anesnoga. Persian Jews and Karaite Jews use the term Kenesa, which is derived fromAramaic, and some Arabic-speaking Jews use knis. Some Reform and ConservativeJews use the word "temple". The Greek word "Synagogue" is a good all-around term, used in English (and German and French), to cover the preceding possibilities.[1]
The children next discussed the miracles of Christ and which was their favourite. There are many examples of miracles Christ performed and the first being the changing of water into wine.
The children coloured in their favourite miracle scene
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