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In traditional Judaism, only men are obligated by law to pray. They have interpreted this to mean that only people who are obligated to pray can be in a minyan.

In Reform, and most Conservative beliefs, women can make up a minyan. They reject the idea that a minyan must be composed of participants who are obligated by law to pray.

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