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Congregation Shaarei Tefillah ("Gates of Prayer") is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 35 Morseland Avenue in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts.〔 In 2003, the synagogue had a membership of 140 families, and in 2012 that number had risen to 220 families.〔〔 The congregation is notable for the unusual concentration of distinguished scholars among its members.〔 ==History== Shaarei Tefillah was founded in December 1983 by dissident members of Newton's other major Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Beth-El Atereth Israel, as a breakaway synagogue.〔〔〔 Members described the split, which was somewhat of a revolutionary act, as "generational".〔 Its members were younger than those at Beth El, and its main members tended to know more about Judaism, were more traditional in their observance, and were interested in prayer that was more participatory, informal, open, lively, energetic, and spirited.〔 Members share the duty of leading services throughout the year.〔 The synagogue initially met rotating in the living rooms of the private homes of its members, and in a church gymnasium.〔〔 In 1985, when the congregation proposed locating the synagogue at 841 Commonwealth Avenue at the corner of Morton Street, which was formerly a private house which it bought in 1984 for $165,000 and for which it sought a zoning variance, a parking order restriction was imposed which led to protests by 100 supporters and members of the congregation at City Hall, where they carried signs that read "Let Us Pray," and "Open the Gates of Prayer."〔〔 The synagogue sold the property after trying for more than a year, without success, to work out an arrangement.〔 The synagogue has been located since 1987 in a split-level ranch-style house on a shaded street, at 35 Morseland Avenue, one block north of Commonwealth Avenue and around the corner from Beth El. It purchased the house that year when a rabbi offered to sell his home, which had operated a small synagogue in its basement since 1970, to be used as a synagogue.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=35 Morseland; Shaarei Tefillah; City of Newton Special Permits )〕 The house was gutted to create its sanctuary, with separate sections for men and women.〔 The men and women are divided down the middle by a five-foot high wall, which distinguishes the congregation from many of its Orthodox counterparts, where women are seated behind the men, or above them in a balcony.〔 The ark is on the men's side, but the women have a good view of it and of the bimah.〔 As of 2009, the synagogue had 300 seats, and was seeking to expand to 405 seats.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shaarei Tefillah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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