Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in the hasköy district of beyoğlu”. Today it says “karaite jewish congregation and kenesa or synagogue”.
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Karaite Synagogue ( Hebrew : בית הכנסת הקראי באיסטנבול; ) is a Kenesa in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu , Istanbul , Turkey . The building's date of construction is unclear; it may date to Byzantine times. The building was in ruins in the sixteenth century; it was repaired in 1536, burned in 1729, rebuilt, burned again in 1774, rebuilt between 1776 and 1780, restored in 1842, and burned again in 1918. The Karaite congregation of the town also has their own cemetery. The trust behind these Institutions is called Hasköy Türk Karaim Musevi Sinagogu Vakfı . Today the Kenesa functions only at the Karaite Pesach. Contact to the congregation can be built via the Turkish Chief Rabbinate or the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Karaite Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu , Istanbul , Turkey .
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The Karaite Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu , Istanbul , Turkey . The building's date of construction is unclear; it may date to Byzantine times.The building was in ruins in the sixteenth century; it was repaired in 1536, burned in 1729, rebuilt, burned again in 1774, rebuilt between 1776 and 1780, restored in 1842, and burned again in 1918.
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The Karaite Synagogue ( Hebrew : בית הכנסת הקראי באיסטנבול; ) is a Kenesa in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu , Istanbul , Turkey . The building's date of construction is unclear; it may date to Byzantine times. The building was in ruins in the sixteenth century; it was repaired in 1536, burned in 1729, rebuilt, burned again in 1774, rebuilt between 1776 and 1780, restored in 1842, and burned again in 1918. The Karaite congregation of the town also has their own cemetery.The trust behind these Institutions is called Hasköy Türk Karaim Musevi Sinagogu Vakfı .Today the Kenesa functions only at the Karaite Pesach.Contact to the congregation can be built via the Turkish Chief Rabbinate or the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews .
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Kenesa in Istanbul, Turkey The Karaite Synagogue ( Hebrew : בית הכנסת הקראי באיסטנבול , romanized : Bēṯ hak-Kənesseṯ haq-Qārāʾī bəʼĪsṭanbūl ; Turkish : Karahim Sinagogu, Karaim Sinagogu, Karayim Sinagogu ) is a Karaite Jewish congregation and synagogue or kenesa , located on Dere Street, in Hasköy , in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul , in the Istanbul Province of Turkey .Completed in 1842, the synagogue is open, yet only open for the Karaite Passover services, or by arrangement.Historic Synagogues of Europe .Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d .
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synagogue in the hasköy district of beyoğlu
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karaite jewish congregation and kenesa or synagogue
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