Footnote
a It is not known when the use of synagogues was instituted. It may have been during the 70-year Babylonian exile when there was no temple in existence, or it may have been shortly following the return from exile, in Ezra’s day.
a It is not known when the use of synagogues was instituted. It may have been during the 70-year Babylonian exile when there was no temple in existence, or it may have been shortly following the return from exile, in Ezra’s day.