Abuhav Synagogue
The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th-century century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Synagogue
- Description: synagogue in Safed, Israel
- Also known as: “Abuhav synagogue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zefat military cemetery and Zefat Cemetery.
Zefat military cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: YoavR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zefat military cemetery is situated 200 metres northwest of Abuhav Synagogue.
Zefat Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Louski1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zefat Cemetery is situated 430 metres west of Abuhav Synagogue.
Mikveh of Isaac Luria
Building
Mikveh of Isaac Luria is a building, which is situated 200 metres south of Abuhav Synagogue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Safed and Birya.
Safed
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safed is a city in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, and is one of the oldest centers for Jewish learning and spirituality, home to the Kabbalah movement which is popular with celebrities.
Birya
Village
Photo: Boazshlomi, Public domain.
Birya is an agricultural village in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
’Akbara
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. ’Akbara is situated 3 km south of Abuhav Synagogue.
Abuhav Synagogue
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.96901° or 32° 58′ 8″ northLongitude
35.49123° or 35° 29′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8G4QXF9R+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 646582103OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4670542
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Abuhav Synagogue” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sinagoga Abuhav de Safed”
- Chinese: “阿布哈夫猶太會堂”
- French: “synagogue Abuhav de Safed”
- French: “Synagogue Abuhav de Safed”
- Hebrew: “אבוהב”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת אבוהב”
- Japanese: “アブハヴ・シナゴーグ”
- Polish: “Synagoga Abuhawa w Safedzie”
- Spanish: “Sinagoga Abuhav”
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