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This is a list of Orthodox synagogues around the world. In the United States and Canada, many Orthodox synagogues are affiliated with Chabad , the National Council of Young Israel , or the Orthodox Union .
Ukraine: see List of synagogues in Ukraine; United Kingdom: see List of synagogues in the United Kingdom; United States: see List of synagogues in the United States; Uruguay: see List of synagogues in Uruguay; Uzbekistan: Central Synagogue Beit Menahem , Gumbaz Synagogue
A former synagogue of the Herzl Congregation is now the Odessa Brown Neighborhood Health Clinic. Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle [1] Temple Beth Shalom, Spokane. This merges the earlier Temple Emanu-El (who founded the state's first synagogue, opened September 12, 1892) and Keneseth Israel [1]: 14–15 Congregation Beth Sholom, Richland
A synagogue may or may not have artwork; synagogues range from simple, unadorned prayer rooms to elaborately decorated buildings in every architectural style. The synagogue, or if it is a multi-purpose building, prayer sanctuaries within the synagogue, are typically designed to have their congregation face towards Jerusalem. Thus sanctuaries in ...
Its name, Ohel Yaakov, means "Tent of Jacob" and alludes to the biblical Jacob, who "dwelled in tents" according to Genesis 25:27. The synagogue, which has a large main section for men and a second-floor, wraparound women's section, has a Holy ark made of white marble and marble interior walls.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. ... List of synagogues in Israel.
In 1903 the Orthodox synagogues in Louisville, under the umbrella of a Vaad HaEr (community council), hired a chief rabbi to act as spiritual leader for all of the city's synagogues, in addition to supervising kashrut, a mikveh, and a Talmud Torah. [8] In the 1910s Anshei Sfard hired its own rabbi, Rabbi Z. Klavansky. [9]
The exhibits are divided into four sections: synagogue furnishings and paraphernalia, Jewish rituals and festivals, the history of Kazimierz District, and the Holocaust. The museum features numerous items related to religious ceremonies, for example, candle holders, Chanukah and menorot lamps, covers for the Torah , parochot Holy Ark covers ...