Back كنيس الخراب Arabic كنيس هورفا ARZ Sinagoga Hurva Catalan Synagoga Churva Czech Churva-Synagoge German Sinagoga Hurva Spanish کنیسای خوربا Persian Synagogue Hourva French בית הכנסת החורבה HE Sinagoge Hurva ID
| Hurva Synagogue | |
|---|---|
 The Hurva Synagogue, 2010 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Location | |
| Location | 89 ha-Yehudim Street Old City of Jerusalem, Israel [1] |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°46′30″N 35°13′53″E / 31.77510°N 35.23135°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Assad Effendi, official architect of the Sultan (1864); for the reconstruction: Nahum Meltzer of N. Meltzer – G. Igra – A.Cohen Architects (2010) |
| Type | Synagogue |
| Style | Neo-Byzantine |
| Completed | Rebuilt in 1864 (and again in 2010) |
| Construction cost | 1m piasters (1864)[2] $7.3m (NIS 28m) (2009)[3] |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 450 (1864)[4] 250 (2009)[3] |
| Height (max) | 24 m (79 ft) |
The Hurva Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת החורבה, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurva, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid (Hebrew: חורבת רבי יהודה החסיד, "Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious"), is a synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
It was originally founded in the early 18th century by followers of Judah HeHasid on the ruins of a 15th century synagogue and adjacent to the 14th century Sidna Omar mosque, but was destroyed a few years later in 1721 by Ottoman authorities, for failure of its proprietors to pay back a debt to local Muslims.[5][6] The plot became known as "The Ruin", or Hurva, where it lay desolate for 116 years until it was resettled in 1837 by members of the Ashkenazi Jewish community, known as the Perushim.[5] In 1864, the Perushim rebuilt the synagogue, and although officially named the Beis Yaakov Synagogue, it retained its name as the Hurva. It became Jerusalem's main Ashkenazi synagogue, until it too was destroyed by the Arab Legion[7] during the fighting in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[8]
After Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967, a number of plans were submitted for the design of a new building. After years of deliberation and indecision, a commemorative arch was erected instead at the site in 1977, itself becoming a prominent landmark of the Jewish Quarter.[3] The plan to rebuild the synagogue in its 19th-century style received approval by the Israeli Government in 2000, and the newly rebuilt synagogue was dedicated on March 15, 2010.[9]
- ^ No nation named by UNESCO. See Positions on Jerusalem
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- ^ a b Brinker (1947), p. 91
- ^ "THE HURVA SYNAGOGUE 1700-2010". Jewish Action. August 11, 2010.
- ^ In the Holy Land, a Rebuilding for the Generations, The Wall Street Journal Online, March 10, 2010
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