# do we have a minyan here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915 "2001-06-07T12:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/1 "2001-06-07T12:58:41Z")
We have cmkeller, zev, izzy, knighted, sdimbert. And myself. But what about “Olam”? ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/2 "2001-06-07T13:00:36Z")
Why - is it time for mincha already?? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/3 "2001-06-07T13:02:00Z")
You lost me somewhere. I think it was right from the very beginning. Would you care to elaborate, since I’m an idiot? ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/4 "2001-06-07T13:08:49Z")
A **minyan** is a group of Jews who are together for prayer, conducted 3 times a day. In Orthodox Jewish circles, it is at least 10 males over the age of bar mitzvah (13 years old). In conservative circles, a minyan may include males over bar mitzvah and females over bat mitzvah age (12 years old). There are certain prayers that may be conducted only if a minyan is present (this includes public reading of the Torah). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/5 "2001-06-07T13:12:57Z")
I remember seeing an episode of _Northern Exposure_ where Fleishman is trying to get a minyan together. ( **Airman Doors** : I think a minyan is 10 Jewish guys that get together when someone dies. I’m sure someone of the faith will be by shortly to give a proper definition.) He decided in the end that the minyan didn’t have to be made of Jewish men, but that it made more sense to be with members of one’s “tribe”; i.e., the townspeople of Cicely (the fictional town where the show was set). ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/6 "2001-06-07T13:20:34Z")
Thanks for the explanation. I do not fit the bill, sorry. But by all means, continue. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/7 "2001-06-07T13:36:23Z")
Don’t ask me to read anything in Hebrew. Although I look the part, I’ve forgotten my lines. – Mayer Ben Eliyahu ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/8 "2001-06-07T13:41:02Z")
My son, Shimon David, will qualify in 12 years, 4 months. I’ll keep y’all posted. And just WHY has nobody posted the smiley? Fine, leave it up to the goy. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/9 "2001-06-07T14:01:01Z")
A very poor Jew here. But my rabbi has pulled me in to complete a minyan when he’s gotten desperate. I’m helpful that way. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/10 "2001-06-07T14:16:55Z")
Sadly, I am the right faith, but wrong sex Bummer ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/11 "2001-06-07T14:27:13Z")
I gotta start paying more attention to what I read… I thought you were looking for a minivan… Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/12 "2001-06-07T14:29:06Z")
You can count me in, and my Hebrew is still pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/13 "2001-06-08T17:27:27Z")
and a Shabbat Shalom/good Shabbos to all . . . ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/14 "2001-06-08T18:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > **Airman Doors** : \*\*I think a minyan is 10 Jewish guys that get together when someone dies. > \*\* That would be a _chevra kadisha_, not a minyan. And, yes, I qualify for membership. Robin ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/15 "2001-06-08T18:23:04Z")
I have a Mercury Villager. Does that qualify? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/16 "2001-06-08T19:18:15Z")
Arnon ben Avraham Avinu, at your service. Left my kippah and tallit at home, however, so I’ll have to borrow. Have a minivan too, if it’s of any use. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/17 "2001-06-08T20:32:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rackensack \* > \*\*Have a minivan too, if it’s of any use. \*\* Could be handy, since mine only seats seven and the driver’s seat would be taken up by this corny goy. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/18 "2001-06-08T22:37:29Z")
I too will qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/19 "2001-06-09T01:37:15Z")
Count me in, too. (?àúä ìà îðñä ìäçæéø àú äôåøåí äæä áúùåáä, ðëåï) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915/20 "2001-06-09T01:53:17Z")
Jewish poster checking in, but I’m not a man. That doesn’t mean I have to sit in the back, behind a screen, does it? ;j * * * Jeg elsker dig, Thomas [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-minyan-here/67915.md?page=2)