It is one of the oldest operating synagogues in the world, and my ancestors certainly prayed here when travelling through Prague--although as far as I know I am the first in the family to earn an assigned seat!

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She may have just been randomly assigned the seat under which the smugglers hid the pot.

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Likewise, couples assigned any other seat pairs but the middle two will face each other, which is not the end of the world, but makes for more awkward (and louder) conversation.

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Assigned to Berman for tenth-grade English, I took a seat one September morning alongside sixteen or seventeen other boys.

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After seats are assigned to siblings who qualify, the remaining children in the 99th percentile enter a lottery for a chance at a seat.

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