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Exterior of the Hurva Synagogue, Old City, Jerusalem

Exterior of the Hurva Synagogue, Old City, Jerusalem

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The Hurva Synagogue, (lang-he Hebrew??? ????? ??????, translit (Transliteration): Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid ("Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious"), is a historic synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter (Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)) of the Old City of Jerusalem (Old City (Jerusalem)). The synagogue was founded in the early 1700s by followers of Judah he-Hasid (Judah he-Hasid (Jerusalem)), but it was destroyed a few years later in 1721. The plot lay in ruins for over 140 years and became known as the Ruin, or Hurva. In 1864, the Perushim rebuilt the synagogue, and although officially named the Beis Yaakov Synagogue, it retained its name as the Hurva. It became Jerusalems main Ashkenazic synagogue, until it too was reduced to rubble by the Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

After the site came under Israeli control in 1967, a number of plans were submitted for the design of a new building. After years of deliberation and indecision, a commemorative arch was erected instead at the site in 1977, itself becoming a prominent landmark of the Jewish Quarter. The plan to rebuild the synagogue in its 19th century style received approval by the Israeli Government in 2000 and the newly rebuilt synagogue was dedicated on March 15, 2010. The company involved with its reconstruction believes that restoring the synagogue to its former glory will once again allow it to serve as a centre for World Jewry.

Building Name: Hurva Synagogue

Birth Location: 89 ha-Yehudim Street,Old City (Jerusalem), Old City of Jerusalem,,

Geo: coord31.77510N35.23135E format=dms region:IL_type:landmark_source:placeopedia display=inline,title

Religious Affiliation: Orthodox Judaism

Architecture Style: Neo-Byzantine (Neo-Byzantine architecture)

Specifications: yes

Construction Cost: 1m piasters (Turkish kuru?) (1864)$7.3m (NIS (Israeli new sheqel) 28m) (2009)

Capacity: 450 (1864)250 (2009)

Height Max: convert24mft0lk=onabbr=on

Nrhp: no

source: wikipedia.org

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