Great Synagogue of Belz
The Belz Great Synagogue is a Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7 Binat Yisas'har Street, in the Kiryat Belz neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Synagogue
- Description: Large Hasidic synagogue in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol” and “Belz Great Synagogue”
- Address: 7 בינת יששכר, Jerusalem
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Binyanei HaUma and Jerusalem Central Bus Station.
Binyanei HaUma
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The International Convention Center, commonly known as Binyanei HaUma, is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in Jerusalem, Israel. Binyanei HaUma is situated 1¼ km south of Great Synagogue of Belz.
Jerusalem Central Bus Station
Bus station
Photo: IgKh, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Jerusalem Central Bus Station is the main bus depot in Jerusalem. Located on Jaffa Road near the entrance to the city, it serves Egged, Superbus and Dan intercity bus routes. Jerusalem Central Bus Station is situated 1 km southwest of Great Synagogue of Belz.
Torah Or Yeshiva
Synagogue
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torah Ore is an American Orthodox post-high-school yeshiva and kollel located in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Mattersdorf. It was founded in 1960 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, by Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg. Torah Or Yeshiva is situated 400 metres southwest of Great Synagogue of Belz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat Sanz and Har Hotzvim.
Kiryat Sanz
Neighborhood
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiryat Sanz is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is located in the northwestern part of Jerusalem. The neighborhood was established in 1965 by Jewish immigrants from Sanz in Galicia, largely as a center for their followers.
Har Hotzvim
Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Har Hotzvim, also Campus of Science-Rich Industries is a high-tech industrial park located in northwest Jerusalem. It is the city's main zone for science-based and technology companies, among them Intel, Teva, NDS, RAD Data, Mobileye, Ophir Optronics, Sandvine, Radware, IDT Global Israel, Medtronic, SATEC, Johnson and Johnson and more.
Haredi
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haredi or Chareidi Jerusalem refers to the parts of Jerusalem which are overwhelmingly populated by Haredi Jews. More than a third of Jerusalem's population, and more than 60% of Jewish youth in Jerusalem, are Haredi.
Great Synagogue of Belz
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.79691° or 31° 47′ 49″ northLongitude
35.20757° or 35° 12′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6W5+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 156059468OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2744462
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Great Synagogue of Belz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيس الكبير بلز”
- Arabic: “كنيس بلز الكبير”
- Bengali: “বেল্জ বেইশ হা‘মিদরাশ হা’গাডোল”
- Bengali: “বেল্জ মহা উপাসনালয়”
- Catalan: “Gran Sinagoga Belz de Jerusalem”
- Chinese: “貝爾茲大會堂”
- Chinese: “贝尔兹大会堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيس بلز بيس هامدراش هجادول”
- French: “Grande synagogue de Belz”
- German: “Große Belzer Synagoge”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת של חסידות בעלז”
- Hebrew: “בית כנסת הגדול בעלז”
- Hebrew: “בית מדרש בעלז”
- Hebrew: “בעלזא בית המדרש הגדול”
- Hebrew: “מרכז עולמי לתורה וחסידות - בעלז”
- Hebrew: “מרכז עולמי לתורה וחסידות בעלז”
- Macedonian: “Голема белска синагога”
- Polish: “Synagoga Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol w Jerozolimie”
- Polish: “Wielka Synagoga chasydów z Bełza w Jerozolimie”
- Spanish: “Gran Sinagoga Belz de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Gran Sinagoga Belz de Jerusalén”
- Tamil: “பெல்ஸ் பெரிய யூத தொழுகைக் கூடம்”
- Yiddish: “בית המדרש הגדול דחסידי בעלזא”
- Yiddish: “בעלזער בית מדרש”
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