Wikipedia's first sentence called it “traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by king jeconiah who was exiled from the land”. Today it says “former synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Ancient building in present-day Iraq”. It now reads “Ancient building in present-day Baghdad, Iraq”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Ancient building in present-day Baghdad, Iraq For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue . The Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( Arabic : كنيس بغداد العظيم ), also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue or Shad veYativ Synagogue is a former synagogue and Orthodox Jewish congregation , located in Baghdad , Iraq . Rebuilt several times, the building now serves as a Jewish museum . The building is traditionally believed to stand on the site of an ancient synagogue built by King Jeconiah , who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE . It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. The ancient synagogue is reputed to accommodate approximately 20,000 worshippers, while the current former synagogue and museum building is one eighth in size of the original building. Jewish Review of Books . Iraqi Jewish Association Of Ontario . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
According to tradition, the Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( ), also known a the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue , stands on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE . It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. The building now serves as a museum in which the synagogue had been reconstructed.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
According to tradition, the Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( ), also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue , is traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE . It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. The building now serves as a museum in which the synagogue had been reconstructed.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( ), also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue , is traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE . It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. The building now serves as a museum in which the synagogue had been rebuilt.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ancient building in present-day Iraq For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue . The Great Synagogue of Baghdad ( ), also known as the Shaf ve’Yativ Synagogue , is traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by King Jeconiah who was exiled from the Land of Israel to Babylon in 597 BCE . It is said that material gathered from the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem was used in its construction. The building now serves as a museum in which the synagogue had been rebuilt.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by king jeconiah who was exiled from the land”. Today it says “former synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Ancient building in present-day Iraq”. It now reads “Ancient building in present-day Baghdad, Iraq”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
traditionally believed to stand on the site of a synagogue built by king jeconiah who was exiled from the land
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former synagogue
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