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804: 1060: 37: 824: 903:(English: Ruined Synagogue) is the currently largest synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. It was originally intended for construction in the 18th century. A small building was constructed, but due to financial difficulties, the intended larger building was not completed. The building was destroyed by an earthquake, and a second attempt to build a large synagogue was blocked by Arab landowners in the early 19th century failed. In the 1830s, multiple small synagogues were built around the site. In the 1860s, the large synagogue was completed. It was destroyed by the Jordanians following the 604: 765: 834: 1091: 814: 1320:. Its planners' intention was to make it into the capital city of the nascent State of Israel. The first synagogue in the neighbourhood was in a hut, which was established to serve as a structure for the builders of the neighbourhood and after the completion of the construction was converted into a mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardic synagogue. Among the first worshipers of the 803: 1181: 1246: 981: 781: 893: 1025: 855:. One is located in the Jewish Quarter, but another one, continuing the same pre-1948 tradition and functioning under the same name (Beit El Synagogue and Yeshivat HaMekubalim), is located in the 1059: 966: 827: 1241: 915: 1367:
and served as a warehouse of its medical school. In the late 1960s the building returned to the Jerusalem municipality, who renovated the building with the assistance of the
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neighborhood, including the Yakar Center for Social Concern and the Center for Arts and Creativity—Anglo and Israeli congregation
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and with a contribution received from author S. Y. Agnon, a resident of the neighbourhood, out of the money he received for the
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and had a famous library of Kabbalistic works. The synagogue was active until the fall of the Jewish Quarter during the
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in 1853 and served as a centre for Jews of Iraqi descent living in Jerusalem. It also served as a yeshiva for
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in 1939 the British confiscated the building and established in it a police station and a warehouse.
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After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, during the period when Talpiot was a
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Jerusalem Quartered: The 'Armenian' Quarter, by Rabbi Yakov Goldman
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neighbourhood: see sister synagogue in the Old City for details.
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neighborhood in Jerusalem was established immediately after
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This article deals in more detail with some of the notable
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it was named after their leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of
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Hecht Synagogue: A fortress of faith overlooks Jerusalem
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Emtsai or Middle Synagogue, aka Kahal Tzion Synagogue
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when it was taken over by an Arab family. After the
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It was established by immigrants from 602: 595:that do not have their own page as yet. 1497:The synagogue's Hebrew-language website 1397: 1588: 1393:Yeshurun Synagogue, King George Street 1276:Or Zaruaa Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel 626:and by 1874 had established their own 613:Beis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin 1409:Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies 1278:, Nahlat Ahim neighbourhood, part of 1148:(Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol) in the 1085: 1014: 969:, founded in 1836 by the Perushim of 798: 703:synagogue established by the Jews of 1578:The Heart of Israel's Reform Judaism 1470: 1468: 1336:of the current building was laid in 727: 598: 167:Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem 1420:Mevakshay Derekh, Shai Agnon Street 1264:. The synagogue was established by 1081:heritage site, on 3 Refaeli street. 868:Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue, also 737: 13: 1508:Raphael Ahren (26 February 2010). 920:, completed in 1837. Built by the 678:the building became the centre of 14: 1617: 1465: 1424: 1110:neighborhood, was established by 1601:Late modern history of Jerusalem 872:Synagogue and Kahal Kadosh Gadol 35: 1541:Congregations: Jerusalem region 1340:1934, in the presence of Rabbi 963:synagogue of the Jewish Quarter 937:: "Blessed be He who consoles ( 1571: 1490: 1479: 1379:from the hut were brought in. 1073:in Nahlat Ahim neighbourhood, 1: 1510:"Oppression is not apartheid" 1458: 1242:Italian Synagogue (Jerusalem) 768:The Karaite Synagogue in the 1383:Yad Tamar Synagogue, Rehavia 1342:Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook 1332:), Tel Aviv Press 1961. The 1137:Beit Knesset Tzameret Arnona 345:Church of the Holy Sepulchre 7: 1436:Kehillat Har-El, the first 1225:Synagogue transferred from 1054: 733:Old City – Armenian Quarter 615:. In around 1870 the first 10: 1622: 1324:in the hut was the writer 1233:Israel Goldstein Synagogue 1198:HaTzvi Yisrael Synagogue, 1415:Reconstructionist Judaism 1177:Great Sephardic Synagogue 1037:Igud Lohamay Jerushalaim 1010:Old City – Muslim Quarter 870:Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai 863:Four Sephardic Synagogues 755:Old City – Jewish Quarter 689:Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue 1021:Excellent Zion Synagogue 977:Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue 838:Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue 711:. It was located in the 418:Greek Orthodox Patriarch 1596:Synagogues in Jerusalem 1344:. 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