Orthodox Synagogues in Israel - Ades Synagogue, Belz Great Synagogue, Hechal Yehuda Synagogue, Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue (Paperback)

Chapters: Ades Synagogue, Belz Great Synagogue, Hechal Yehuda Synagogue, Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue, Yeshurun Central Synagogue, Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue (Zikhron Ya'aqov, Israel). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Ades Synagogue, (Hebrew: ), also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, located in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, was established by Syrian immigrants in 1901. It is considered to be the center of Syrian Hazzanut in Israel. At turn of the 20th century, much of Syria's Jewish community had emigrated, fleeing persecution arising from blood libels and to escape the economic downturn which arrived with the decline of the Ottoman Empire. While many settled in England, the United States or Latin America, some families moved to the Holy Land. Most community members were simple laborers, shopkeepers or merchants. After some time, the synagogue was officially established in 1901 by a community of Jews from Aleppo, Syria. It is named after two brothers who financed the building: Ovadia and Yosef Ades. Yosef Ades was a wealthy man with connections in the Ottoman administration. The new synagogue was designed as a neighborhood institution, and at the time, was considered one of the most beautiful synagogues in Jerusalem. Although solidly constructed, the synagogue suffered damage in World War I and Israel's War of Independence. Today the synagogue is attended not only by Aleppian Jews, but by many different types of Sephardic Jews (e.g. Kurdish); nevertheless, the liturgy of the congregation remains Aleppian in its purest form. The traditional Middle Eastern-style interior is elaborate and well-kept, with a high ceiling, chandeliers, wooden benches facing a central dais, a small balcony for the women's section and...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1632689