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minyan

quorum of ten Jewish adults required to carry out certain religious activities
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minyan

Summary

minyan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • minyan is a type of quorum[2].
  • minyan is a type of Jewish prayer[3].
  • minyan is used for Jewish prayer[4].
  • minyan's Commons category is recorded as Minyan[5].
  • minyan involved {'amount': '+10'} participants[6].
  • minyan involved {'amount': '+10'} participants[7].
  • minyan's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8].
  • minyan's has characteristic is recorded as rule[9].
  • minyan's different from is recorded as Minyan[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include quorum[2] and Jewish prayer[3].

Use and Application

minyan is used for Jewish prayer[4].

Why It Matters

minyan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month).[1] minyan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] minyan is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). minyan. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/minyan
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_minyan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{minyan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/minyan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 4w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 10865
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 10865, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482280|MINYAN (#167482280)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
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