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Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, located in Zikhron Ya'akov
Zikhron Ya'akov ( he, זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, ''lit.'' "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just ''Zikhron'') is a town in Israel, south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mounta ...
, a town in the Haifa District of Israel, was established in 1886 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild.
Rothschild commissioned the construction the synagogue in memory of his father Jacob Mayer de Rothschild. It was completed in 1884.Leslie Stein, ''The hope fulfilled: the rise of modern Israel'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, p. 21 Its name, Ohel Yaakov, means "Tent of Jacob" and alludes to the biblical Jacob, who "dwelled in tents" according to Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...
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 ''Heikhal'', or the ''Aron Kodesh'') refers to an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls.
History
The ark, also known as the ''ark of law'', or in Hebrew the ''Aron Kodesh'' or ''aron ha- ...
made of white marble and marble interior walls.
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Ohel Yaakov Synagogue on Attractions in Zichron Ya'akov, Israel
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