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KLAUS SYNAGOGUE AND THE CEREMONIAL HALL

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1, U Starého Hřbitova, Prague, Czech Republic
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2024
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2024

It is here (Klausová synagoga) that Rabbi Löw, the famous father of the Golem, allegorical and protective figure of the Jewish quarter, which he is said to have shaped with his hands from the land of the banks of the Vltava before having to make it disappear because of the damage he caused, gave his teaching. In Baroque style, it houses the National Jewish Museum, which provides access to ancient Hebrew manuscripts. You can also consult documents from the ghetto before the major works of 1896. Its name comes from the word klausy, which meant the place that served as a school. The synagogue was built in Baroque style in 1680, on the site of three small synagogues, one of which housed Rabbi Löw's famous school. Today, inside, there is the collection Les traditions et les coutumes juives. The different stages of life (birth, circumcision, bar mitzvah, marriage, death...), Jewish holidays, their meaning and course are clearly explained through manuscripts and objects used on occasion, presented in display cases. A very beautiful insight into Jewish religious culture. You will see a large number of candlesticks, silverware, textiles and decorative objects. Across the street, in the narrow rooms and staircases of the Ceremony Hall (Obřadní Sněm), there will be an exhibition on death and its customs, illness and medicine. It describes medicine in the ghetto and Jewish cemeteries in Bohemia and Moravia.

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Cyril C.
Visited in february 2016
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Synagogue, which houses an exhibition dedicated to the Jewish traditions and customs
It is not the most beautiful to see in Prague, but Here is worth visiting for the interested parties of history and traditions.

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