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What happens inside a synagogue?

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Jews pray

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What happens in the synagogue?
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer in which Jews congregate to pray and learn.
What happens when you are in a synagogue?
Most people attend synagogue to pray, others also learn there.
What is inside a synagogue?
There are chairs, a table or lectern for reading the Torah, a lectern at which the person who leads the prayers stands, and there is a holy ark in which the Torah scroll is kept.
What happens in the synagogue after the bar mitzvah?
After the bar mitzvah there is sometimes a food reception in the synagogue, especially if the bar mitzvah takes place on Shabbat (which is most common).
What goes on inside a synagogue?
Prayers and reading of the Bible, the real bible, the Old Testament.