The Great Global Shul Crawl
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Transcript
Shul Crawl
THE GREAT GLOBAL
Take a trip around the world, solve the clues
Shul:
Yiddish slang for synagogue.
OF Greek origin (synagein, “to bring together”), meanING “A place of assembly"
Synagogue:
Where in the world is this
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Shul?
Solve the Clues!
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CLUE 01: Established in 1701
CLUE 02: The builder refused to take payment for building a house of God
CLUE 03: Sir Moses Montefiore had a special seat here
CLUE 04: It is said that Princess Anne, who later became queen, presented an oak beam from one of the Royal Navy ships to be incorporated into the roof
WELL DONE!
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Shul?
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Where in the world is this
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Shul?
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Solve the Clues!
CLUE 01: Built around the Third Century CE
CLUE 02: Located in the ancient city of Sardis, it was part of a complex that included a gymnasium, stores and a bathhouse
CLUE 03: Built in the style of a Roman basilica lined with columns, with inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek
CLUE 04: Exceptionally large and could accommodate 1,000 people
WELL DONE!
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Where in the world is this
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Shul?
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Solve the Clues!
CLUE 01: Originally called the New Synagogue
CLUE 02: Twelve windows correspond to the twelve tribes of Israel
CLUE 03: Famous for the legend of the Golem, a creature made of clay and brought to life in order to save the Jews of the city
CLUE 04: The oldest functioning synagogue in Europe
WELL DONE!
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Shul?
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Where in the world is this
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Shul?
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Solve the Clues!
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CLUE 01: Tensions within the Jewish community in the area resulted in a split and the building of an Ashkenazi synagoague in 1719 and a Sephardi synagogue in 1735
CLUE 02: The Ashkenazi synagogue cost 60,000 guilders to build, an enormous sum for the time
CLUE 03: The synagogue has a unique sandy floor
CLUE 04: Currently the only operating synagogue in the country
WELL DONE!
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Shul?
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Where in the world is this
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Shul?
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Solve the Clues!
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CLUE 01: Called the 'foreigners' synagogue after an influx of Sephardi Jews who were exiled from Europe and West Asia
CLUE 02: The road that it was built on came to be known as Jews Street or Synagogue Lane, and the district as Jew Town
CLUE 03: The floor is paved with hundreds of old hand-painted porcelain tiles brought from China
CLUE 04: The synagogue celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1968
WELL DONE!
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