Sha'ar Hashayamim Synagoge (

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: שער השמים‎ ("Sha'ar Hashamayim", "Gerbang Surga" in

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)) also known as Beth Knesset Sha'ar Hashamayim or Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar Hashamayim is an

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Synagogue with Sephardi tradition ( Spanish and Portuguese) located in Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, which was founded in 2003 and inaugurated in 2019. Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue is the second synagogue in Indonesia after another synagogue in the city of

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, which was built in 1939 by the

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community, and abolished at 2013. Sha'ar Hashamayim is the only Orthodox Synagogue in Indonesia that is still operating today.

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