Haim Synagogue

The Haim Synagogue (Persian: کنیسای حییم‎, Kenisā-ye Hayim; Hebrew: בית הכנסת חַיִּים‎) is an Orthodox synagogue in Tehran, Iran.[1] It is located in 30 Tir Street, formerly known as Qavam-os-Saltane, in central Tehran.[2][3][4]

Haim Synagogue
בית הכנסת חַיִּים‎
کنیسای حییم
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
District12 (Park-e Shahr)
Location
Location30 Tir Street
Tehran, Iran
Architecture
StyleQajar
Completed1913

In recent years, the synagogue is only opened on the occasions of Shabbat and the High Holy Days, due mainly to emigration and decline in membership.[4]

History

The Haim Synagogue was built following the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1913, under the reign of Ahmad Shah Qajar, by Iranian Jewish scholar Solayman Haïm.[5] It has often been considered the first urban synagogue in Iran. Prior to its construction, most synagogues in Iran were built in ghettos.[5]

World War II

By the time of World War II, the Haim Synagogue hosted a number of Polish Jewish refugees.[6] After an increase in the number of Polish Jewish refugees, a new Ashkenazi synagogue by the name of Danial Synagogue was built near the Haim Synagogue in 1940.[5]

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah

In the 1950s, the Haim Synagogue was used as a refugee camp to host a number of Iraqi Jewish refugees, who immigrated to Israel via Iran as part of Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.[6][4]

  • A panel in the synagogue, reading "this is the God's gate; the righteous will enter it" (Psalm 118:20).
  • Entrance of the yard.
  • Haim Synagogue from the outside.
  • Detail of the synagogue's bema.

See also

References
  1. Massil, Stephen W. (2002). The Jewish Year Book. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 158.
  2. "Different Dining Experience in Downtown Tehran". Financial Tribune. 21 August 2017.
  3. "قدم زدن در خيابان اديان". Hamshahri (in Persian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "Take a virtual tour of Haim synagogue in Tehran, Iran". The Iran-Israel Observer. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. "خیابانی برای گفتگوی ادیان در تهران". Farda News (in Persian). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. "Iran". Momentum Tours & Travel. Florida. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

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