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Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva , ( ), is the city's central synagogue and located on Hovevei Zion Street, in the centre of Petah Tikva , Israel . The building was designed by Daniel HaCohen Lifshitz, one of the pioneering residents of the city and is named after James Mayer de Rothschild , the father of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild .1Construction of the Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva began in 1890 with a contribution from Odessa and would last a decade. After eight years, construction stopped when funds ran out, and Edmond James de Rothschild donated the money needed to complete the building. The building includes a main sanctuary with overlooking women's section, as well as two smaller adjoining prayer rooms, and another room used for studying and praying. The official nusach of the prayer is Nusach Ashkenaz , but throughout the day, the synagogue facilities act as a shtiebel with multiple parallel prayer sessions where the nusach is decided by the Hazzan . In the late 2000s, the synagogue was the target of vandals who spray-painted swastikas and other Nazi -themed words on the building and inside on multiple events. The Jerusalem Post , cited in Pogrom.co.il .2
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The Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva , ( ), is the city's central synagogue and located on Hovevei Zion Street, in the centre of Petah Tikva , Israel . The building was designed by Daniel HaCohen Lifshitz, one of the pioneering residents of the city and is named after James Mayer de Rothschild , the father of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild .
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Central synagogue in Petah Tikva, Israel For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue .The Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva ( Hebrew : בית הכנסת הגדול בפתח תקוה ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located on Hovevei Zion Street, in the centre of Petah Tikva , in the Central District of Israel .Completed in 1900, the building was designed by Daniel HaCohen Lifshitz, and is one of the pioneering residents of the city, and was named Beit Yaacov Synagogue , in honour of James Mayer de Rothschild , the father of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild .
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city's central synagogue and located on hovevei zion street
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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