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Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Cairo), Shaar Ha Shamayim Synagogue
Shaar Hashamayim (also Shaar Hashomayim, "Gate of Heaven") may refer to: Synagogues Canada * Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal * Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue (Sudbury) Egypt * Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Cairo) Gibraltar * Great Synagogue (Gibraltar), known as ''Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar Hashamayim'' Madeira * Synagogue of Funchal, Funchal, Madeira, called ''Shaar Hashamayim'' United Kingdom * Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, also known as ''Kehal Shaar Hashamayim'' United States * Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim (Manhattan), also known as the Central Synagogue Indonesia * Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Tondano) Yeshivas * Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, Jerusalem, a yeshiva specializing in the study of kabbalah See also * Shaarey Shomayim (other) Shaarey Shomayim or Shaarei/Shaaray Shamayim/Shomoyim ( "Gates of Heaven") may refer to the following Jewish synagogues: Canada * Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto) United States * Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim (Mobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim () is an Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi synagogue in Westmount, Quebec, Westmount, Quebec. Incorporated in 1846, it is the Oldest synagogues in Canada, oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in Canada and the largest traditional synagogue in Canada. History File:Synagogue Shaar Hashomayim.jpg, Former building of Shaar Hashomayim on McGill College Avenue Congregation Shaar Hashomayim was founded by a group of History of the Jews in England, English, History of the Jews in Germany, German and History of the Jews in Poland, Polish Jews, who had previously attended the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. The Congregation originally rented space on Saint Jacques Street, Saint James Street (now Rue Saint-Jacques). The first synagogue was built on Saint Constant Street (now Rue de Bullion) in the Mile End, Montreal, Mile End in 1859. A new synagogue was built on McGill College Avenue between 1885 and 1886 at a cost of $40,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue (Sudbury)
Shaar Hashomayim is a synagogue in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It was dedicated on April 24, 1960. That year, the congregation joined the United Synagogues of America, the chief organ of Conservative Judaism. Approximately 30 families attend the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue. It has 25 active families. Building Exterior The Shar Hashomayim synagogue is a post-modern-style building. Its exterior is composed of a simple façade constructed of brown brick with white trim. The exterior has a large sculpture constructed out of seven concrete pillars that represents the menorah. The green space surrounding the building backs onto a woodland, as well as a ravine. The view is guided towards the sky because the building appears to be horizontal, but this is contrasted with the repetition of vertical windows at the front . On the exterior of the building, there is a dedication stone that marks the legacy of the Jewish Community. Interior The building has seven thin vertical wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Cairo)
The Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue (; ), also known as Temple Ismailia and the Adly Street Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 17 Adly Street in Cairo, Egypt. History Its long-time leader was Chief Rabbi Chaim Nahum. In 2008, the synagogue marked its 100th anniversary. The synagogue was built in a style evoking ancient Egyptian temples, and was once the largest building on the boulevard. Work commenced on the synagogue in 1899 and it was inaugurated in 1908, at a time when there was a vibrant Jewish community in Cairo. The last time the synagogue was full was in the 1960s. Today the community numbers approximately six members, most of them older women. The building houses a collection of a few hundred books, ranging in age from the 1500s to contemporary times, concerning or relevant to the history of Jews in Egypt. Although it is considered a Sephardic synagogue, many Ashkenazi Jews were members of the congregation and contributed to its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Synagogue (Gibraltar)
The Great Synagogue of Gibraltar (), also known as Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar HaShamayim (; ), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It was the first synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula to operate following the Jewish expulsions from Spain and Portugal in 1492 and 1497 respectively. Completed in the 1720s, it is the oldest synagogue in continuous use in Gibraltar and is Gibraltar's principal synagogue. History The Sha'ar HaShamayim congregation was founded in 1724 by Isaac Nieto from London. Nieto was also the first Rabbi to lead the congregation and was one of the Jewish merchants who settled in Gibraltar in the early eighteenth century. During the 1727 Siege of Gibraltar, he was Gibraltar's sole importer of food supplies from Morocco. Following the death of his father in 1728, Nieto returned to London where, in 1732, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the Bevis Marks Synagogue. His partner James Argatt became the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue Of Funchal
33 Rua do Carmo is an historical building located at 33 Rua do Carmo, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is likely that the building was built in 1836 in the Moorish Revival style as the Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue or Funchal Synagogue, a former Jewish congregation and synagogue. History Jews from Morocco arrived in 1819 and set themselves up in the cloth and wine trades. The Abudarham family (originally from Gibraltar) were involved in the Madeira wine industry from the early 1860s onwards. Rabbi David Zaguri became its spiritual leader in 1857. Another period of immigration followed in the 20th century, with the arrival of refugees from the First and Second World Wars. The Jewish community also grew due to the Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II to Madeira, which included a number of Jews, some of which are buried in the Jewish Cemetery of Funchal. Tito Benady, a historian on Gibraltar Jewry, noted that when some 200 Jews from Gibraltar were eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeira
Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of the Canary Islands, Spain, west of the Morocco and southwest of mainland Portugal. Madeira sits on the African Plate, African Tectonic Plate, but is culturally, politically and ethnically associated with Europe, with its population predominantly descended from Portuguese settlers. Its population was 251,060 in 2021. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, on the main island's south coast. The archipelago includes the islands of Madeira Island, Madeira, Porto Santo Island, Porto Santo, and the Desertas Islands, Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. Roughly half of the population lives in Funchal. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Autonomous Regions of Portugal#Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially Qahal Kadosh Sha'ar ha-Shamayim (), is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, located off Bevis Marks, Aldgate, in the City of London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is affiliated to London's historic Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community and worships in the Nusach Sefard, Sephardic Nusach (Jewish custom), rite. Built in 1701, the Grade I listed building is the Oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom, oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom in continuous use. It is the only synagogue building in Europe that has continuously held regular services for more than 320 years. History Construction The origins of the community date from an influx to London of Crypto-Judaism, crypto-Jews, or so called Marranos, from Spain and Portugal, mostly via the growing Sephardi Jews, Sephardi Jewish community in Amsterdam, in the early seventeenth century. These Jews began practisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim
Central Synagogue (formerly Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim; colloquially Central) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 652 Lexington Avenue, at the corner with 55th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The current congregation was formed in 1898 through the merger of two 19th-century synagogues: Shaar Hashomayim and Ahawath Chesed. The synagogue building was constructed from 1870 to 1872 for Ahawath Chesed. , Angela Buchdahl has been Central's senior rabbi. Shaar Hashomayim was founded in 1839 by German Jews, while Ahawath Chesed was founded in 1846 by Bohemian Jews. Both congregations originally occupied several sites on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Central was constructed as the fifth building of Ahawath Chesed, whose members had moved northward during the late 19th century. Though the congregations originally held services in German, they had become largely Anglophone by the time of their merger. Ahawath Chesed Shaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Tondano)
The Sha'ar Hashayamim Synagogue () is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The synagogue was previously known as the Ohel Yaakov Synagogue. The Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic congregation was founded in 2003 by Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, who also leads the congregation. A house was converted into a synagogue in 2004 and the synagogue was consecrated in September 2019. History Initially, Jews in Manado had to move around when they wanted to worship by renting a building in the city. In 2003, the congregation acquired a two-story house that was built on the main street in 1996, by Leo Elias van Beugen. The house was bought by J. P. van der Stoop and his family, from The Netherlands, and given to the Jewish community in Indonesia so that they would have a place to worship. The synagogue opened on September 17, 2004 and was initially called the Ohel Yaakov Synagogue (; ). Once established, the synagogue was busy with g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva
Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva (, lit., "Gate of Heaven") is an Ashkenazi yeshiva in Jerusalem dedicated to the study of the kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal (Rabbi Isaac Luria). It is famous for its student body of advanced kabbalists — many of them roshei yeshiva and Torah scholars — as well as beginning and intermediate scholars who study both the revealed and concealed Torah. Name The name of the yeshiva was taken from the Torah passage in which Jacob dreams of a ladder stretching from earth to heaven. After he awakens from his dream, Jacob exclaims, "This is none other than the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven (''Shaar Hashamayim'')!" (Genesis 28:19). Origins The impetus to found Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva came from a dream experienced by two noteworthy Jerusalem rabbis on the same night in 1906. Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, author of ''Chacham Lev'', awoke one night from a strange dream and went back to sleep, only to be awakened again after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
