Saturday, October 2, 2010

The old Jewish Yishuv in Tiberias

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The Sephardi Synagogue Center "Etz Chaim" at the promenade in Tiberias. Rabbi Chaim Abulafia came from Turkey and in 1740, he restored the Jewish community of Tiberias.





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Next to the "Etz Chaim Synagogue":
The house of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, 1730 - 1788.
Now part of the "Karlin - Stolin" Synagogue.










Photos: Miriam Woelke

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