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Synagogue

A synagogue or synagog, 'Beit Kneset'—"house of gathering" in Hebrew, also called a shul (meaning school in Yiddish) or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.

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Samaritan synagogues

Christianity

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Synagogue as community center

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related to Gallery · 114
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related to Other famous synagogues · 77
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related to World's oldest synagogues · 55
Synagogue → Aaron, Abraham, An, BCE, CE, Cochin, Cochin Jewish Synagogue, Commonwealth, Damascus, Delos, Delos Synagogue, Dura Europos, Eight, Elijah, England, Erfurt, Europe, European, Ezekiel, Germany
related to Further reading · 50
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related to history · 47
Synagogue → Aegean Islands, Alexandria, Alexandrian Jews, Antioch, As, Babylonian Exile, BCE, Byzantine, Delos, Diaspora, During, Egypt, Elephantine, Evidence, First Temple, Greek, Greek-speaking, Heliopolite Nome, Hellenistic, In
related to Torah Ark · 40
Synagogue → Alef, Arial, Aron Kodesh, Cardo, David, David CLM, David Libre, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Hadasim CLM, Hebr, Hebrew, Israel, Jerusalem, Keter Aram Tsova, Keter YG
related to Distinguishing elements · 39
Synagogue → Alphabet, Ancient Greek, Ark, As, BCE, Byzantine-period Jewish, CE, Christian, Covenant, Decoration, Gerizim, Greek, Hebrew, Helios, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jewish, Jews, Josephus, Mikvehs
related to North America · 31
Synagogue → Adas Israel Congregation, Baron Hirsch Synagogue, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Brooklyn, Congregation Shaare Zion, Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Conservative, Florida, Hooper Street, It, Kiryas Joel, Memphis, Miami Beach, New York, New York City, North America, Ontario, Orthodox, Orthodox Sephardic, Reform
related to Second Temple period · 30
Synagogue → Aviam, BCE, CE, Discovered, Galilee, Gamla, Golan, Herod's, Herodium, In, Israel, Issa, It, Jerusalem Temple, Jewish, Khan Bad, Khan Diab, Khan Umm, Latrun, Magdala
related to Christianity · 28
Synagogue → Alternatively, Anders Runesson, Book, CE, Chris Keith, Epistle, First Jewish, Galilee, Gospel, Greek, Howard Clark Kee, However, In, Israel, It, Jacob, James, Jesus, Jesus's, Jewish

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synagogues jewish jews samaritan temple israel torah built jerusalem also century worship ce hebrew destroyed located samaritans ark period prayer

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Synagogueis astone-carved synagogue dedication inscription found in Lower Egypt and dating from the second half of the 3rd century BCE.The oldest Samaritan synagogue0.90text
Synagogueis aoldest relic from any synagogue in India0.90text
Synagogueis aoldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations0.90text
Synagoguelocated inBaka0.90text
Synagoguelocated inSzeged0.90text
Synagoguelocated inBrooklyn0.90text
Synagoguelocated inthe quarter of Old Cochin known as Jew Town and is the only one of the eight synagogues in the area still in use.Jew's Court0.90text
Daily prayersinstance ofSynagogues have religious services or ceremonies0.80text
Shabbat prayersinstance ofSynagogues have religious services or ceremonies0.80text
the god Heliosinstance ofof human figures or even Greek deities0.80text
as seen in Byzantine-period Jewish synagoguesinstance ofof human figures or even Greek deities0.80text
would be unimaginable in Samaritan buildings of any period.A representation of Mount Gerizim is a clear indication of Samaritan identityinstance ofof human figures or even Greek deities0.80text

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