[PlateOfShrimp]

I have always read that synagogues first appeared during the Babylonian captivity, in between the First and Second Temple periods. During this time, they would have been the only way to worship. So it doesn't seem that surprising that they would retain some of this importance even after the Second Temple was built. This would seem especially likely because of the ongoing battle between the Hellenizers (represented by the Sadducees in Jesus’ time) and the Pharisees. Since the former controlled the temple, I could imagine the impetus to maintain the significance of the synagogues.

Love your tagline!! I think none of this crap around us today would have happened if Jerry were still alive :)

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[af_vet_1981]

Love your tagline!

They say it's a living, we all gotta eat.

Have you heard the "beautiful jam ?" It was only played once, almost like a prayer without words, wedged between a confessional Wharf Rat and sublime Dark Star.

[Hieronymus]

Who is Jerry? And is the line quoted an allusion in a song to C.S. Lewis’ Great Divorce? That was the only thing that came to mind when I went back and read the tag-line.