[Avodah] [Areivim] abayudaya

[Zev Sero]

Liron Kopinsky wrote:

> On a similar but sad note, there is a Gemarrah in Brachot which says 
> that one cannot name a shul "Beth Am" because it connotes a place of 
> communal gathering rather than avodat Hashem

Since when did shuls in the Amoraim's time have names?

The gemara is Shabbos 32a. The fault condemned is that of referring to
the holy by common terms, as if it were not special.  Specifically,
referring to the aron kodesh as a "cupboard", and to the shul as a
"public house".  IOW the point isn't what you *name* something, it's
what you *call* it, which shows how you *regard* it.

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