Editing Synagogue (section)

== Terminology ==
The [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] term is ''{{transliteration|he|bet knesset}}'' (בית כנסת) or "house of assembly". The [[Koine Greek]]-derived word ''synagogue'' (συναγωγή) also means "assembly" and is commonly used in [[English language|English]], with its earliest mention in the 1st century [[Theodotos inscription]] in Jerusalem. [[Ashkenazi Jews]] have traditionally used the [[Yiddish]] term ''{{transliteration|yi|shul}}'' (from the Greek ''schola'', which is also the source of the English "school") in everyday speech, and many continue to do so in English.<ref name="joy">[[Leo Rosten]], ''[[The Joys of Yiddish]]'', © 1968; [[Pocket Books]] edition, 1970, p. 379</ref>

[[Sephardi Jews]] and [[Romaniote Jews]] generally use the term ''kal'' (from the Hebrew ''qahal'' "community"). [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews]] call the synagogue an {{lang|pt|esnoga}} and Portuguese Jews may call it a {{lang|es|sinagoga}}. [[Persian Jews]] and some [[Karaite Judaism|Karaite Jews]] also use the term ''[[kenesa]]'', which is derived from [[Aramaic]], and some [[Mizrahi Jews]] use ''kenis'' or ''qnis''.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}