Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
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− | + | ('''Hebrew:''' בית כנסת האר"י האשכנזי / '''Spelling:''' Arei, Hari, Ashkanazi / '''Other Names:''' Arizal Shul, / '''Definition:''' Old Synagogue in Safed, Israel named after Rabbi Yitzhak Luria.) | |
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− | The | + | The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue is one of the [[Tzfat Synagogues|older shuls]] in [[Safed]]. Originally built by Spanish Maronoes, the Shul was renamed after the Arizal who used to pray the Kabbalat Shabbat prayer in the field adjacent to the Synagogue. After being destroyed in the [[Safed 1837 Earthquake|1837 earthquake]], the Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue was rebuilt 20 years later in the same location. In later years an additional Bais Medrash was built across from the original. Minyonim take place in both buildings. |
== Gerigos Synagogue == | == Gerigos Synagogue == | ||
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== Chakal Tapuchim == | == Chakal Tapuchim == | ||
− | + | When Rabbi Isaac Luria, the ARI, came to Tzfat in 1534, he instituted the custom of welcoming the Sabbath in the field next to the Grigoros synagogue. Together with his students, the ARI would watch the sun set over the Meron mountain range as the Sabbath began. They would dance and sing the psalms and songs that today comprise the “Kabbalat Shabbat” service. This field was known by the students of the Ari as the 'Chakal Tapuchim' -- 'apple orchard' -- a reference to a realm in the spiritual dimensions. | |
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== Renamed the Ari Shul == | == Renamed the Ari Shul == | ||
− | The Grigoros synagogue served the expanding Tzfat community as the original immigrants became integrated into the community. Residents renamed the synagogue the “ARI Ashkanazi” when Hassidic immigrants began to arrive in Tzfat in the late | + | The Grigoros synagogue served the expanding Tzfat community as the original immigrants became integrated into the community. Residents renamed the synagogue the “ARI Ashkanazi” when Hassidic immigrants began to arrive in Tzfat in the late 1700s and established their own “minyan” -- prayer quorum -- there. |
== Destruction and Resurection == | == Destruction and Resurection == | ||
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Couple struggling with infertility come to the ARI Ashkanazi synagogue to sit in the shul’s Elijah’s Chair. During a circumcision the “Sandak,” the person holding the baby, sits in a designated Elijah’s chair. The ARI Ashkanazi’s Elijah’s Chair serves, when not being used for a circumcision, as a “segula” -- a good luck charm -- for infertile couples. Many couples report that after struggling for years with infertility, one visit to the Elijah’s chair in the ARI Ashkanazi produced the hoped-for baby. | Couple struggling with infertility come to the ARI Ashkanazi synagogue to sit in the shul’s Elijah’s Chair. During a circumcision the “Sandak,” the person holding the baby, sits in a designated Elijah’s chair. The ARI Ashkanazi’s Elijah’s Chair serves, when not being used for a circumcision, as a “segula” -- a good luck charm -- for infertile couples. Many couples report that after struggling for years with infertility, one visit to the Elijah’s chair in the ARI Ashkanazi produced the hoped-for baby. | ||
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[[Category:Old Synagogues]] | [[Category:Old Synagogues]] | ||
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