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Maghen Abraham Synagogue In Beirut

Maghen David Abraham Synagogue

Overview of the building

Contact	33 53 '51 "North 35 30 '00 "East / 33.897448, 35.500107
Country	Lebanon
Department	Wadi Abu Jamil
City	Beirut
Worship	Sephardic
Type	Synagogue
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Great Synagogue in Beirut, or more commonly called the Maghen Abraham Synagogue to Beirut ( Lebanon ) is the last synagogue in the city and is known for being the finest in the Middle East. Abandoned during the Lebanon War , it remains inactive. Its renovation was completed in August 2010, some funding was provided by the company Solidere responsible for the rebuilding of Downtown Beirut.

/ / History

Around 1920, a Jew easy, Mr. Sasson was decided to erect the Jewish community of Beirut synagogue worthy of the name, most of the city. It seems that the money he had provided was not enough because the building did not rise more than a few feet and was abandoned. Around 1925, a representative of Mr. Sasson returned to the charge and provides the money needed to complete construction of one of the most beautiful synagogues in the Middle East, Maghen Abraham.

Abandoned since the Lebanon War (1975-1990) ^,.

In addition to the synagogue Maghen Abraham, the Community was built in 1950, a beautiful modern synagogue in the village of Bhamdoun where Lebanese Jews spent their summers. In this, she followed in the footsteps of Anzarouth Ezra, of Alexandria, who had built another in 1895 in a nearby village, Aley , named Ohel Jacob Synagogue.

The oldest synagogue in Mount Lebanon is the synagogue of Deir el Qamar at the foot of the mountain of cedars in the Shouf, in perfect condition, even if its restoration in the 90's has removed any religious symbol. It dates from the seventeenth century and is across the Seraglio Fakhreddine, overlooking the Souk Silk.