Karaite Synagogue (Istanbul)
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The Karaite Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת הקראי באיסטנבול, romanized: Bayṯ hak-Kənesseṯ haq-Qārāʾi bIsṭanbul; Turkish: Karahim Sinagogu, Karaim Sinagogu, Karayim Sinagogu) is a kenesa in Hasköy, Beyoğlu in Istanbul, Turkey.
The building's date of construction is unclear; it may date to Byzantine times. The building was in ruins in the sixteenth century; it was repaired in 1536, burned in 1729, rebuilt, burned again in 1774, rebuilt between 1776 and 1780, restored in 1842, and burned again in 1918.[1] The Karaite congregation of the town also has a cemetery.[2] The trust behind these Institutions is called Hasköy Türk Karaim Musevi Sinagogu Vakfı. Today the Kenesa functions only at the Karaite Passover. Contact to the congregation can be built via the Turkish Chief Rabbinate or the Jewish Museum of Turkey.
See also
- Constantinopolitan Karaites
- History of the Jews in Turkey
- Karaite Judaism
- List of synagogues in Turkey
References
- ^ Göncüoğlu, Süleyman Faruk (Winter 2002). "İstanbul Hasköy'de Karayim Sinagogu (Kal Ha Kadoş Be Kuşta Bene Mikra)". İlgi (103): 28–35.
- ^ TAU Documentation Project, Karaite Cemetery. 2002
External links
- Center for Jewish History Digital Collections, Turkish Synagogues Exhibit. Karaite Synagogue in Hasköy, Istanbul, Exterior (One of several photographs of the Karaite Synagogue in the Turkish Synagogues Exhibit.)
- Center for Jewish History Digital Collections. Karaite Synagogue in Hasköy, Istanbul
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