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Yusef Abad Synagogue ( Kanise-ye Yusef Ābād , ) is the main synagogue of Tehran , Iran .1 It is also one of the largest synagogues of the city. The official name of the Yusef Abad Synagogue is Sukkot Shalom Synagogue. The original building that housed the synagogue was completed in the early 1950s. With the growth of the Jewish population of the capital especially in the Yusef Abad neighborhood, it was decided that a newer building was needed. With the help of local community leaders headed by Avraham Yusian, the construction of the new facade was completed in October 1965. The doors of the new synagogue were opened to the public on Rosh Hashanah 5726 (Hebrew calendar). On February 8, 2003, President Mohammad Khatami visited Yusef Abad Synagogue becoming the first President of Iran to visit a synagogue since the Islamic Revolution . Chief Rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen , Haroun Yashayaei , and Morris Motamed attended and represented the Jewish community of Iran.2
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The Yusef Abad Synagogue ( , ) is one of the largest synagogues in Tehran , Iran . The official name of the Yusef Abad Synagogue is Sukat Shalom Synagogue. The original building that housed the synagogue was completed in the early 1950s. With the growth of the Jewish population of the capital especially in the Yusef Abad neighborhood, it was decided that a newer building was needed. With the help of local community leaders headed by Avraham Yusian, the construction of the new facade was completed in October 1965. The doors of the new synagogue were opened to the public on Rosh Hashanah 5726 (Hebrew calendar). On February 8, 2003 President Mohammad Khatami visited Yusef Abad Synagogue becoming the first President of Iran to visit a synagogue since the Islamic Revolution . Chief Rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen , Haroun Yashayaei , and Morris Motamed attended and represented the Jewish community of Iran.
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The Yusef Abad Synagogue ( , ) is one of the largest synagogues in Tehran , Iran . The official name of the Yusef Abad Synagogue is Sukkot Shalom Synagogue. The original building that housed the synagogue was completed in the early 1950s. With the growth of the Jewish population of the capital especially in the Yusef Abad neighborhood, it was decided that a newer building was needed. With the help of local community leaders headed by Avraham Yusian, the construction of the new facade was completed in October 1965. The doors of the new synagogue were opened to the public on Rosh Hashanah 5726 (Hebrew calendar). On February 8, 2003 President Mohammad Khatami visited Yusef Abad Synagogue becoming the first President of Iran to visit a synagogue since the Islamic Revolution . Chief Rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen , Haroun Yashayaei , and Morris Motamed attended and represented the Jewish community of Iran.
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The Yusef Abad Synagogue ( Kanise e Yusef Ābād , ) is one of the largest synagogues in Tehran , Iran . The official name of the Yusef Abad Synagogue is Sukkot Shalom Synagogue. The original building that housed the synagogue was completed in the early 1950s. With the growth of the Jewish population of the capital especially in the Yusef Abad neighborhood, it was decided that a newer building was needed. With the help of local community leaders headed by Avraham Yusian, the construction of the new facade was completed in October 1965. The doors of the new synagogue were opened to the public on Rosh Hashanah 5726 (Hebrew calendar). On February 8, 2003 President Mohammad Khatami visited Yusef Abad Synagogue becoming the first President of Iran to visit a synagogue since the Islamic Revolution . Chief Rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen , Haroun Yashayaei , and Morris Motamed attended and represented the Jewish community of Iran.
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Orthodox synagogue in Tehran, Iran The Yusef Abad Synagogue ( Persian : کنیسه یوسف آباد , romanized : Kanise-ye Yusef Ābād ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת יוסף אבאד ), officially Sukkat Shalom Synagogue ( Hebrew : סֻכַּת שָׁלוֹם , lit. ' Tent of Peace ' ), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at the junction of 15th Street and Sayyed Jamáleddin e Asadábádi Ave, in the Yusef Abad neighborhood of Tehran , in Iran .It is the main synagogue of Tehran, and it is also one of the largest synagogues of the city.
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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