what are jewish worship services called?

Question

ok if christains go to church was do jewish people go to (i know its the temple but is there a sertain name for it)???
please help!!!!!!

Answer 1

"Temple" is a term used by Reform, and some Conservative Jews.

"Synagogue" is a Greek word used to describe a Jewish house of worship.

"Shul" is the Yiddish term, and is used in the Orthodox world.

"Bais Ken-ehses", or "Bait Ken-eset" is a Hebrew term, used in Israel.

There is no specific term for a Jewish worship service. A Jew is obligated to pray three times a day. The morning service is called "Shacharis", the afternoon service is called "Mincha", and the evening service is called "Ma'ariv".

Answer 2

Just to build on Jack's answer a little:

"Synagogue" is a Greek word equivalent to the Hebrew "Beit Knesset" (which is not used exclusively in Israel, and may be pronounced a few different ways, basically depending on where the person's family comes from - the above pronunciation is pretty widely used, and it would by consistent with modern Israeli Hebrew). In any event, both terms mean "House of Gathering."

"Shul" is Yiddish (Judeo-German) for "school," denoting the synagogue's role as a house of learning as well as worship. "Beit Midrash" (again, Israeli pronunciation - I usually hear Ashkenazi Jews like me using this term, and it usually comes out sounding like "Beis Medresh") roughly translates as "House of Learning," and can be used interchangeably with Yeshiva (a Jewish religious school), although it can also denote a place of learning within a synagogue, or a place where both study and prayers are held.

"Temple" as mentioned before, is a term used by Reform and Conservative Jews. Orthodox Jews do not use it out of respect for the one (and only) Temple that stood in Jerusalem, and according to tradition, will stand there once more.

Prayer is called "tefilah" - and there's an interesting story behind that. It actually comes from a linguistic root meaning "to judge oneself". You can learn more on that here: http://www.jewfaq.org/prayer.htm

In fact, Judaism 101 (www.jewfaq.org) is a pretty good source on a lot of basic facts on Judaism. I would recommend anyone have a look at that site before say, visiting a synagogue for the first time. Lots of handy info. But back to the subject at hand...

Like I said, "tefilah" is Hebrew for prayer. One might also hear the words "davening" or "to daven". Don't know the exact origin of this, except that it's Yiddish, and probably comes from the same root as the English word "divine".

So Jews go to a synagogue/beit knesset/shul for prayer services/davening/tefilah. Morning davening is shacharit, afternoon is minchah, evening is maariv (or arvit for our Sephardic friends). On Shabbos and Holidays, there is an additional (musaf) service at the end of shacharis, corresponding to the additional sacrifices that were offered in the times of the Temple on those days.

I hope this helps make everything clear.

Answer 3

They attend a temple or a synagogue. Their services are also called services.

Answer 4

synoguage in English, shul in Yiddish. Prayer is davening, as is praying.

Answer 5

a synagogue