SYNAGOGUE
(See also Jews; Tabernacle; Temples)
description: w61 412-413
discussion: ad 1564-1565
disfellowshipping: ad 549-550
how expelled Jews were treated: w81 9/15 21
financial problems: g75 9/8 25
form of worship: ad 150, 370; w61 413-414
fund-raising: w82 11/15 26; g71 7/22 29-30
lawsuits for nonpayment of dues: w77 359
gambling: g79 1/8 30; g78 3/8 30
Great Synagogue: w66 174; w61 412; g61 4/22 10; w60 83, 595; ep 86; g34 3/28 405
membership decline: g79 1/8 30
modern synagogue: w61 761-764
motive for attending: g64 4/22 6
music: g73 1/8 29
New York City:
temple vandalized by Orthodox Jews: g80 4/22 31
pattern for Christian meeting places: ad 150, 372; w61 414-415
public reading: ad 1359
ruins of Capernaum: w75 671
singing: w61 763
social activities: g64 11/8 22
“synagogue of Satan” (Re 2:9; 3:9): fm 118, 172-173; w58 53-54; w37 335; w33 250; pp 72; v-1 33
“Synagogue of the Freedmen” (Ac 6:9): w77 191; ad 608
Torah scrolls: g84 6/8 30; w61 764
use among Jews: ad 150, 1456-1457; im 286-287; g64 4/22 6; w61 412-415, 538, 689-690, 761-764; w60 595-597; g57 11/8 26; lg 176
use by Jesus and apostles: ad 150; w66 5-7, 11-12; yb66 7-11, 17-20; im 287-288; w61 413-414, 679; ns 236-241; w60 597; w59 653-655; w52 72; lg 176; w43 184
use of word in Greek Scriptures: w61 412