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Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish New Year, and just as importantly, the beginning of the High Holidays - a time when many choose to visit synagogues across the country. The High Holidays are a great opportunity to visit some of Israel’s ancient synagogues, remnants of the thriving Jewish communities of Antiquity. Many historic synagogue artifacts dating back to the 3 rd century BC have been found in Egypt, and to the 1 st century AD, in Israel, and other countries. Synagogues were initially built to serve social purposes and were attributed a religious function only later. What better opportunity than Rosh Hashanah to set off on an exploration of some of the country’s most fascinating ancient synagogues. Baram National Park | Beautiful stone-carved doorways Baram National Park lies in the Upper Galilee. Its ancient synagogue is an impressive hewn stone structure that attests to the prosperity and vitality of early Jewish communities. The building’s façade, almost entirely intact to this day, is composed of three beautiful stone-carved arches that look towards Jerusalem. Beneath the central arch, there’s an inscription in Aramaic, probably the name of the man who funded the construction of the synagogue. There is a second synagogue in the village, smaller, and of which almost nothing remains, apart from the doorframe, today on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. parks.org.il

Baram National Park

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ATMOSPHERE SEPTEMBER 2022