Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)

Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.

A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol

The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…

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Photograph of room with arched stone doorways and central wooden platform.

Velika Avlija (Old Synagogue), Sarajevo

The Velika Avlija (Old Temple or Synagogue) is the oldest synagogue in Sarajevo. It served the city’s first Jewish community, Sephardim, who began arriving in Sarajevo in the mid-sixteenth century…

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Building the Tabernacle

When Moses had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain. The Presence of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days. On the seventh day He called to…

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Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)

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