Back كنيس آرى اشكنازى ARZ Sinagoga Asquenazí Ari Spanish בית הכנסת האר"י האשכנזי HE Sinagoga Ari Ashkenazi Italian アリー・アシュケナジー・シナゴーグ Japanese Synagoga Ari Aszkenazi w Safedzie Polish 阿里阿什肯納茲猶太會堂 Chinese
The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת האר"י האשכנזי, romanized: Beit haKnesset haAri haAshkenazi) located in Safed, Israel, was built in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534 - 1572), who was known by the Hebrew acronym "the ARI".[1] It dates from the late 16th-century, it being constructed several years after the death of Luria, a great kabbalist who arrived in Safed in 1570. The synagogue is known for its colorful and ornate Holy Ark. It may be the oldest synagogue in Israel that is still in use.
Though the synagogue is associated by name with the Ashkenazi community, today it serves as a place of worship for both Hasidic and Sephardic Jews and remains popular among worshippers of different affiliations.
Another old Safed synagogue dedicated to Rabbi Isaac Luria is known as the Sephardic Ari Synagogue.
- ^ Michael Avi-Yonah (June 1973). The Holy Land. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-03-003466-4. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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