U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide if a Jewish Man Can Pray in his Own Home
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On a Friday afternoon in January 2021, Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jew living in University Heights, prepared to do what Jews have done for thousands of years: gather ten men in a quorum called a minyan, and pray.
Jewish law requires communal prayer with a quorum of ten adult males for certain prayers, including the Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer. His synagogue was too far to walk, and his faith forbids driving on the Sabbath. So, he would bring the minyan to his living room.
He never got the chance. Within hours of a single neighbor’s complaint, the city’s Law Director issued a cease-and-desist order. The order branded Grand’s proposed gathering an illegal “religious place of assembly” and a “shul or synagogue.” It threatened him with legal action if he proceeded...
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