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class="navigation__step-link">The House of Prayer</a></li><li class="navigation__step"><a href="#zsnfmnb" class="navigation__step-link">Follow the rules</a></li><li class="navigation__step"><a href="#zg3gp39" class="navigation__step-link">INTERACTIVE: Understanding the synagogue</a></li><li class="navigation__step"><a href="#zcmy6fr" class="navigation__step-link">What are the most important Jewish festivals?</a></li><li class="navigation__step navigation__step--last"><a href="#zgr9v4j" class="navigation__step-link">Where next?</a></li></ol></header><section class="k-g-stp-container step-number-1 odd k-g-introduction"><div class="k-g-introduction-media"><div class="k-g-int-i" data-pid="p03rm6g2" data-image-recipe="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/$recipe/p03rm6g2.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1600xn/p03rm6g2.jpg" alt=""></noscript></div></div><aside class="k-aside"><div class="guide-connections"><div 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class="guide-connections__role">Historian</span></div></div></div></aside><div class="k-g-introduction-content"><div class="k-g-stp-inner"><span id="z84kv4j" class="k-g-stp-anchor" tabindex="-1"></span><div class="k-g-gs-sn step-number-1"><div class="step-number__image"></div></div><h2 class="k-g-gs-t k-type-header"><span class="step-title__step-number">1. </span><span class="step-title__title">The House of Prayer</span></h2><aside class="k-aside"><div class="guide-connections"><div data-zedid="zy98cwx" class="guide-connections__item guide-connections__item--hero"><div class="guide-connections__image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/416x234/p03y9cth.jpg" data-pid="p03y9cth" alt="" class="resp widescreen"></div><div class="guide-connections__about"><span class="guide-connections__type">Presented by</span><span class="guide-connections__name">Rabbi Julia Neuberger</span><span class="guide-connections__role">West London Synagogue</span></div></div><div data-zedid="z3jgycw" class="guide-connections__item"><div class="guide-connections__image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/144x144/p03wxhsk.jpg" data-pid="p03wxhsk" alt="" class="resp square"></div><div class="guide-connections__about"><span class="guide-connections__type">Consultant</span><span class="guide-connections__name">Maria Diemling</span><span class="guide-connections__role">Historian</span></div></div></div></aside><section class="k-section intro-with-connections"><div class="k-g-gs-tb k-type-body-article"><p> There are over 400 synagogues in the UK and they come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes. They range from small - just a room in a house - to large imposing buildings. In all of them, you'll have a sense that people really participate in services and that the place is special. But they are not considered holy in the same way churches are. </p></div><div class="k-g-gs-tb k-type-body-article"><p> The word "synagogue" comes from the Greek word for gathering together, and it can be a meeting place, a house of learning, and a house of prayer, so how people behave depends on what's happening there. You might see little children running around while people are being very solemn during the services. We like people to feel at home there as well as being respectful. Please do go and share the experience.</p></div> </section></div></div></section><section class="k-g-stp-container step-number-2 even"><div class="k-g-stp-limiter"><div class="k-g-stp-header"><div class="k-g-stp-header-inner"><span id="zsnfmnb" class="k-g-stp-anchor" tabindex="-1"></span><div class="k-g-gs-sn step-number-2"><div class="step-number__image"></div></div></div></div><div class="k-g-stp k-g-guide-stp-question"><div class="k-g-stp-inner"><div class="k-g-gs-sq"> <div class="k-g-gs-sq-header-container"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-header"><h2 class="k-g-gs-t k-type-header"><span class="step-title__step-number">2. </span><span class="step-title__title">Follow the rules</span></h2><div class="k-g-gs-tb k-type-body-article"><p>The rules and traditions differ quite widely in different synagogues so it's best to try to follow your neighbour.</p></div></div></div> <div class="k-g-gs-sq-options options-count-3"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zsnfmnb1"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Cover your head</p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zsnfmnb=1#zsnfmnb" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03rmx0b.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p></p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Cover your head</p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03rmx0b.jpg" data-pid="p03rmx0b" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"></div><div class="response"><p>Men usually wear a skull cap (kippah). In Orthodox synagogues, married women wear head coverings and in Reform or Liberal synagogues, some women wear a kippah.</p></div></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zsnfmnb2"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Read the prayer book</p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zsnfmnb=2#zsnfmnb" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03vljty.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p></p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Read the prayer book</p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03vljty.jpg" data-pid="p03vljty" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"></div><div class="response"><p>The congregation recites prayers led by a "cantor" (prayer leader) or a rabbi. Hebrew prayers often have English transliterations to make them easier to follow.</p></div></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zsnfmnb3"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Men and women may sit apart</p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zsnfmnb=3#zsnfmnb" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03rmx34.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p></p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Men and women may sit apart</p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03rmx34.jpg" data-pid="p03rmx34" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"></div><div class="response"><p>In Orthodox synagogues, men and women sit separately in order to focus on prayer. However, in Reform and Liberal synagogues, everyone sits together. </p></div></div></div></div> </div></div></div></div></section><section class="k-g-stp-container step-number-3 odd"><div class="k-g-stp-limiter"><div class="k-g-stp-header"><div class="k-g-stp-header-inner"><span id="zg3gp39" class="k-g-stp-anchor" tabindex="-1"></span><div class="k-g-gs-sn step-number-3"><div class="step-number__image"></div></div></div></div><div class="k-g-stp k-g-activity-step"><div class="k-g-stp-inner"><h2 class="k-g-gs-t k-type-header"><span class="step-title__step-number">3. </span><span class="step-title__title">INTERACTIVE: Understanding the synagogue</span></h2><div class="k-g-gs-tb k-type-body-article"><p>There is no set blueprint for the synagogue. Each feature has a special religious significance.</p></div><div class="k-g-og-activity k-g-activity" data-gid="gbfm5srt6v" data-poster-pid="p03t7ndk" data-palette="colour-palette-1" data-step-number="3" data-zid="ztf8bk7" data-content-url="http://bam.files.bbci.co.uk/bam/live/content/ztf8bk7/config.json"><div class="k-g-og-activity-container" id="k-g-og-activity-zg3gp39-gbfm5srt6v"></div><noscript><p class="no-script">JavaScript is required to view this activity.</p></noscript><div class="k-g-activity-cutsmustard"><p>This content uses functionality that is not supported by your current browser. 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The dates shift slightly depending on the year as the Jewish calendar follows the lunar cycle.</p></div></div></div> <div class="k-g-gs-sq-options options-count-4"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zcmy6fr1"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Rosh Hashanah</p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zcmy6fr=1#zcmy6fr" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03rvb4s.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p>September/October</p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Rosh Hashanah</p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03rvb4s.jpg" data-pid="p03rvb4s" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"><p>The New Year</p></div><div class="response"><p>This two-day festival celebrates the beginning of the Jewish year. The New Year is welcomed by the sounding of the shofar (a musical horn) in the synagogue.</p></div></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zcmy6fr2"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Yom Kippur </p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zcmy6fr=2#zcmy6fr" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03rvb6j.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p>September/October</p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Yom Kippur </p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03rvb6j.jpg" data-pid="p03rvb6j" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"><p>The Day of Atonement</p></div><div class="response"><p>This is the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar and means "Day of Atonement". This is a strict fast day when people don't eat, drink, smoke or have sex.</p></div></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zcmy6fr3"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Hanukkah </p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zcmy6fr=3#zcmy6fr" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03s45wh.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p>November/December</p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Hanukkah </p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03rvb86.jpg" data-pid="p03rvb86" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"><p>The Festival of Lights</p></div><div class="response"><p>This eight-day festival celebrates the recapturing of the Temple in the 2nd Century BCE. In the synagogue, one candle of the menorah is lit each day.</p></div></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option-container" id="zcmy6fr4"><div class="k-g-gs-sq-option option-image"><div class="heading"><p class="question-step__heading-text">Pesach </p></div><div class="answer"><p><a href="?stp_zcmy6fr=4#zcmy6fr" class="k-link-button question">Choose<span></span></a></p></div><div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p03s45y2.jpg);"></div><div class="description"><p>March/April</p></div></div><div class="k-g-gs-sq-reveal reveal-image"><div class="context"><p>You selected</p></div><div class="heading"><p>Pesach </p></div><div class="image"><img class="resp square" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170803120702im_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80x80/p03s45y2.jpg" data-pid="p03s45y2" alt=""></div><div class="attribution"><p>Passover</p></div><div class="response"><p>This eight-day festival remembers the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt after years of slavery. 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