If I remember correctly, a relatively small room set up for worship in the synagogue I went to when I was a kid (Beth Shalom in Wilmington, DE) was referred to as a chapel.
If the main room for worship (the one with the Torah scrolls and the eternal light) had a name, I don't remember it.
Now that I think about it, I can't swear that the smaller room didn't have an eternal light and a cabinet for Torah scrolls.
I think the chapel was used for overflow on the High Holy Days-- I assume most religions have peak load problems.
I have faint memories of it being used for something else in Hebrew school (not classes) but I can't quite remember what.
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Date: 2011-05-19 10:09 am (UTC)If the main room for worship (the one with the Torah scrolls and the eternal light) had a name, I don't remember it.
Now that I think about it, I can't swear that the smaller room didn't have an eternal light and a cabinet for Torah scrolls.
I think the chapel was used for overflow on the High Holy Days-- I assume most religions have peak load problems.
I have faint memories of it being used for something else in Hebrew school (not classes) but I can't quite remember what.