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Sephardic Temple (Constanța)
The Sephardic Temple of Constanța (), that was also known as the Spanish Rite Temple Israelite, was a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 18 Mircea Street, Constanța, in the Constanța County, in the Dobruja region of Romania. Designed by Adolf Lintz in the Catalan Gothic style, the synagogue was completed in 1905. The synagogue served the Spanish Jewish community and services were conducted in the Sephardic rite. History Sephardic Jews from Anatolia settled in Constanța in the 1830s and established a congregation. They obtained a plot of land for a cemetery in 1853, and leased land to construct a synagogue in 1867. The Sephardic Temple was built between 1905 and 1908 in a Catalan Gothic architectural style following the blueprints of Austrian architect Adolf Lintz and decorated by painter Moritz Finkelstein. The temple was built in the place of the 1867 synagogue, on a piece of land on Mircea Street, a donation from Ismail Kemal Bey. The synagogue was heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judaism
Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which they believe was established between God in Judaism, God and the Jewish people. The religion is considered one of the earliest monotheistic religions. Jewish religious doctrine encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Among Judaism's core texts is the Torah—the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—and a collection of ancient Hebrew scriptures. The Tanakh, known in English as the Hebrew Bible, has the same books as Protestant Christianity's Old Testament, with some differences in order and content. In addition to the original written scripture, the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
