“One of the profoundest religious changes effected by the synagogue almost immediately upon its establishment twenty-five centuries ago was to bring communion with God directly and easily to the the individual worshiper.”
— Nathan Ausubel, The Book of Jewish Knowledge (1964), p. 433
“I love going to synagogue on Friday night and being swept in the melodies. Everyone seems more friendly and unburdened by the week and ready to be taken elsewhere.”
— Erica Brown
“They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.”
— Psalms 74:8
“Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”
— Matthew 6:2-4
“I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the Temple, whither the Jews always resort.”
— John 18:20
“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”
— Revelations 2:9

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