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Or Torah synagogue in Acco also known as El-Gribba(Jarivah) or, the The Tunisian
synagogue
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Acco, an ancient city steeped inhistory, has a lot to offer its visitors.One of the city highlights is a uniquebuilding outside the Old City walls,
the Tunisian Synagogue. The insidewalls are completely covered inmosaic pictures which are all basedon biblical themes and were allmade at the mosaic workshop of
Kibbutz Eilon.The synagogue is situated at 13Kaplan St. Visiting hours areSunday-Friday between 9:30 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. It is advisable toarrange the visit ahead of time bytelephone 050-6822781. Ask for
Yaffa. There is no entrance fee,however visitors are expected to
make a small donation, dependingon the size of the group.
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Immediately upon entering the entrance hall, the visitor is struckby the awesome sight: all the walls, as well as the ceiling and thefloor, are completely covered with magnificent mosaic.
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On the ceiling, a scheme of the Temple can be detected
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Also on the ceiling are depictions of theHigh Priest breastplate, and the altar tools.
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On the floor, pictures of birds, flowers, fish,and more.
hoopoe Hawk
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Two Stripe Damselfish
Grouper
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There are two prayer halls. The central one, on thesecond floor, is more luxurious. From the womens sectionabove it one can observe the hall as well as the Wheel of Fortune mosaic on the ceiling.
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The Eastern Wall (which faces south, in this case) is full of decorated Torah cases (Arks). Above them more mosaics.
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The brass doors of the holy Arks.
A look into the Arks and the Torah scrolls inside them.
The curtains covering the Arks
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The walls and the ceiling are covered with huge mosaic pictures,with Jerusalem serving as a central theme.
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Between the mosaics, gorgeous stained glasswindows.
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The candelabrum also appears in manyvariations.
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The staircase leading to the lower hall is also decorated fromtop to bottom.
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The lower hall is also covered in mosaics, includingthe floor and the ceiling. On the ceiling a huge carpetdepicting a map of the north of Israel.
O h fl l f l i f
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On the floor, colourful pictures of a greatvariety of plants and animals.
StarlingWarbler
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Jacobs dream
Stained glass panes
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The sacrifice of Isaac
Remember Amalek The Exodus from Egypt
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The Meidva map
Jerusalem on the map of Meidva (Jordan).
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The spies
The exodus from Egypt
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Ruth the MoabiteSarah and the angels
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The Ark of the
Covenant
Daniel in the lions den
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