LAGoff
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It just dawned on me that I haven't heard of going to a synagogue to pray with a minyan as being a halakha. It certainly isn't a mitsva. All I heard is 'mikdash me'at' from Ezekiel. Is there a discussion in halakhic literature (200 BCE to 550 CE) leading to settled (or not settled) halakha about the [halakhic] duty (if you are able) of going to a synagogue (or private house with a Tora scroll) to pray / do services with a minyan (or even less than a minyan)? I assume the later codifiers mention such a duty, no? If so, I just wonder where they got it from from the Talmud-era literature. I'm especially interested if there are any discussions in this literature (Talmud-era literature) on this and where they are-- i.e. specifically which tractates, etc. I assume tractate Brakhot might have something to say? The whole subject is foggy to me and I would like to nail it down somewhat. Thanks.