Great Synagogue of Baghdad
- Great Synagogue of Baghdad
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location=Flagicon|IRQ Baghdad, Iraq
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religious_affiliation=Orthodox Judaism
rite=Eidut Hamizrach
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materials=According to tradition, the Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( _ar. كنيس بغداد العظيم), also known a the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue, stands on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE. It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. [cite web
url= http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/new/English/nehardea/13/8.htm
title=Synagogues in Babylon
accessdate = 2007-05-29
last = Avishur
first = Prof. Yitzhak
date = Summer 2001
publisher = Nehardea: Journal of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center|] The building now serves as a museum in which the synagogue had been reconstructed.
ee also
*History of the Jews in Iraq
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