The Terida House of Prayer is a testament to the lives Avodai have made for themselves in Terida’s Avodai Quarter. Funded by the prosperity and generosity of the nouveau riche was completed only a decade ago. It is a beautiful tall white adobe building with blue and gold trim and tall windows.

The goal of this new building of worship was to demonstrate the respectability and pride of the Avodai in Terida and to create a stamp on a landscape that once excluded them. Instead of the traditional Avodai circular pews, Terida arranged itself in formal rows, more akin to Lumdai Churches. (Tho they are still cushioned unlike Lumdai pews, which are harsh and unadorned from what I’ve had the displeasure of experiencing.)

Along with prayer, the House of Prayer also hosts Avodai religious study as there is not a separate House of Study in the city. They have created a separate school for the children’s secular education.

Before Terida’s own House of Prayer was built, the Terida Avodai residents would welcome Zabbah only in their own homes, or travel to Kahal to stay with relatives and attend our historic House of Prayer.