| World's
largest synagogues
* The largest synagogue in the world is probably the Belz Great
Synagogue, in Jerusalem, Israel; whose main Sanctuary seats 6,000.
Construction on the edifice lasted for over 15 years.
* The next largest may be the Satmar synagogue in Kiryas Joel, New
York; which is said to seat "several thousand".[9]
* The largest synagogue in Europe is the newly constructed Bratzlav
Center at the graveside of Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav in Uman, Ukraine;
which seats up to 5,000[citation needed].
* The Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary; which seats
3,000, and have and area of 1200 m˛ and height of 26 m (apart from
the towers which are 43 m).
* Temple Emanu-El of New York, a Reform Temple located in New York
City, with an area of 3,523 m˛, seating 2,500.
* Kehilas Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn); seating between
2,000 to 4,000 congregants.
* The Sofia Synagogue located in Sofia, Bulgaria, seating about
1,200.
* Congregation Shaare Zion, an Orthodox Sephardic synagogue located
in Brooklyn, New York; which is the largest Syrian Jewish congregation
in New York City. It is attended by over 1,000 worshipers on weekends. |
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