The Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue is an

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Orthodox

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congregation and

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, located in

Zikhron Ya'akov Zikhron Ya'akov () often shortened to just Zikhron, is a local council (Israel), town in northern Israel, south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Mount Carmel, Carmel mountain range over ...

, a town in the

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. The congregation was founded by Baron

Edmond James de Rothschild Baron Abraham Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (; 19 August 1845 – 2 November 1934) was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Jewish settlement in Palestine, his large donations lent significant support to ...

in 1884.

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Rothschild commissioned the construction the synagogue in memory of his father Jacob Mayer de Rothschild. It was completed in 1886. Its name, Ohel Yaakov, means "Tent of Jacob" and alludes to the biblical

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, who "dwelled in tents" according to

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25:27. The synagogue, which has a large main section for men and a second-floor, wraparound women's section, has a

Holy ark A Torah ark (also known as the ''hekhal'', , or ''aron qodesh'', ) is an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls. History The ark is also known as the ''ark of law'', or in Hebrew the ''Aron Kodesh'' () or ''aron ha-Ko ...

made of white marble and marble interior walls.

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