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Sites sacred to Judaism, foremost the Western Wall in Jerusalem, together with the mystical town of Safed, the fortress of Masada, and the historic synagogues and pilgrimage graves of the diaspora.

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Holiness bound to the land of Israel and above all to Jerusalem and the Temple, together with the tombs of patriarchs and sages and the synagogues of the diaspora. Several members are under contested control and are claimed by more than one tradition; where that is so the atlas records each tradition's claim under its own name for the place, and treats neither name as the place's own. 2
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The holy places of Judaism

This group gathers the sacred sites of Judaism, whose holiness is bound above all to the land of Israel and to Jerusalem, the site of the Temple. With the Temple long destroyed, its surviving Western Wall is the most venerated site in Jewish tradition, and the tombs of the patriarchs and sages are places of prayer and pilgrimage.

The browser will find Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, the patriarchal tombs, ancient synagogues and other holy places. The entries describe each site's history and religious meaning across the long span of Jewish tradition.

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Central Synagogue of Aleppo

Jewish Sites

Masada

Jewish Sites

Meron

Jewish Sites

Mount Nebo

Jewish Sites

Mount of Olives

Jewish Sites

Mount Zion

Jewish Sites

Portuguese Synagogue

Jewish Sites

Rachel's Tomb

Jewish Sites

Safed

Jewish Sites

The Altneuschul

Jewish Sites

The Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Cairo Geniza

Jewish Sites

The Cave of the Patriarchs and the Ibrahimi Mosque

Jewish Sites

The El Ghriba Synagogue

Jewish Sites

The First Temple (Solomon's Temple)

Jewish Sites

The Great Synagogue of Vilna

Jewish Sites

The Paradesi Synagogue

Jewish Sites

The Synagogues of Toledo

Jewish Sites

The Temple Mount and al-Haram al-Sharif

Jewish Sites

The Western Wall

Jewish Sites

Touro Synagogue

Jewish Sites

Uman

Jewish Sites
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Oxford University Press, 2008View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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