Image Interior Small Kenassa.jpg thumb right Interior of Small Kenesa in Eupatoria Kenesa is the term for a Karaites Karaite or Persian Jews Persian synagogue . The word derives from the Aramaic language Aramaic word for assembly in Hebrew language Hebrew , the word for synagogue is beit knesset . Layout Kenesas, generally, are similar to the synagogues of Rabbinical Jews. Uniquely, they are always laid out along north south axis. Starting from the northern entrance, kenesa contains Vestibule architecture Vestibule azar , where worshipers take off their shoes. Shoes are not permitted anywhere further. Moshav Zekenim lang he , old men s pew s wooden benches for the old and the mourners, usually under a low ceiling. The loft above this ceiling is reserved for the women, who remain invisible to the men on the main floor. Shulkhan the main hall, where men and boys worship on their knees. Traditional kenesa floors were carpeted, however, modern kenesas have pews in the main hall, too Gekhan, or altar raised stand for the ritual Ark and the priest. Surviving kenesas There were 20 kenesas in former Russian Empire , nine of them in Crimea by 1918, two more were added . All surviving kenesas are listed memorial buildings, however, many are in dilapidated state, and others, like Sevastopol Sebastopol kenesa, although in better shape, are managed by public authorities or private owners, not the Karaite communities. The principal, operating place of Karaite worship in Ukraine ... , K dainiai , Panev ys and Vilnius . An early 20th century kenesa still stands in Trakai , Lithuania and another one in Vilnius both are in service. The only surviving kenesa in Turkey is in Istanbul ... Karaite Kenesa Vilnius.jpg Vilnius , Lithuania Image Karaim Kenassa Entrance.jpg Eupatoria , Crimea ... , Crimea Image 4.jpg Karaim Kenesa Kiev Kenesa by the architect ... struct stub de Kenesa ka lt Kenesa pl Kienesa ru uk ... more details
Infobox religious building building name Karaite Kenesa, Kiev image .jpg caption location flagicon Ukraine Kiev , Ukraine geo religious affiliation Karaite district functional status leadership website architecture style facade direction year completed 1902 construction cost architect Vladislav Gorodetsky specifications no capacity length width width nave height max materials The Karaite Kenesa of Kiev is a former Kenesa Karaite synagogue in Kiev , Ukraine . History The synagogue, designed by Vladislav Gorodetsky , was built from 1898 to 1902 in the Moorish style . The building was defiled during the World War II by Nazis . Probably at this time it lost the dome which was part of the original structure see picture, right . During the Soviet times a contemporary wing was added to the building and it was converted into the Ukrainian House of Actors , remaining as such today. Unlike most of the other synagogues in Ukraine it was not given back to the Karaite community after independence. ref http ukraine.kingdom.kiev.ua region 09 kyiv kenasa en.php , Karaim Kenesa Ukrainian House of Actor ref Gallery gallery Image 4.jpg The synagogue today Image 3.jpg gallery References commonscat Karaim Kenasa Karaim Kenasa in Kiev reflist coord 50 27 00 N 30 30 40 E source ukwiki region UA scale 50000 display title DEFAULTSORT Karaite Kenesa Kiev Category Synagogues in Kiev Category Former synagogues in Ukraine Category Moorish Revival architecture in Ukraine Category Moorish Revival synagogues Category Buildings and structures completed in 1902 Category Karaite synagogues Ukraine struct stub Synagogue stub de Kenesa Kiew es Kenesa Kiev mk pl Kienesa w Kijowie ru uk ... more details
Fida mentions it under the name Q rq Yer . Gallery gallery Image Chufut Kale1.jpg Close up view of the kenesa ... Image Chufut Kale2.jpg gallery See also Karaite Judaism Kenesa References JewishEncyclopedia ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Benjamin Aga Karaim language Karaim , who died in 1824, was the leader of the Crimean Karaims . He was the royal treasurer of ahin Giray , the last Crimean Khanate Crimean Khan , and therefore is called in Karaite literature ha Neeman the Trusted an appellation bestowed also upon his father Samuel Aga Samuel , who died in 1770, and who probably held the same office under former khans. When ahin Giray fled for his life from his rebellious subjects, and sought succor from his protectress Catherine the Great Catherine II in St. Petersburg , Benjamin Aga followed him, hoping to collect the large sums of money that he had advanced to the fugitive. In 1795, after Crimea had been under Russia n rule for over a decade, Benjamin Aga, Solomon ben Nahamu Bobowitz , and the astronomer Isaac of Kalea , the son in law of Jacob Aga , who was the elder brother of Benjamin, went to St. Petersburg as a delegation from the Crimean Karaims, to petition the empress to release their sect from the double rate of taxation which all the Jew s then had to pay. Through the intervention of the notorious Count Zoubov who was one of the assassins of Paul I of Russia in 1801 , the delegation obtained from the empress the exemption from the Jewish taxes, some land grant s, and other privileges which had not been asked for. This established an important precedent for exempting the Karaites from subsequent anti Jewish legislation. The extraordinary success of the mission served to arouse great enthusiasm among the Karaims, and Aga and his fellow delegates were received with great honor on their return. A large monolith , fashioned out of marble, with fitting inscription, was erected in the court of the kenesa at Eupatoria , to commemorate an event so important in the history of the Karaims of Russia. Bibliography Isaac of Kalea, Or ha Lebanah, Zhytomir, 1882. References JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aga, Benjamin ALTE ... more details
thumb left Former Karaite Kenesa, Kiev Karaim Kenesa in Kiev Some modern Karaims seek to distance ... in Lithuanian territory were granted a measure of autonomy. Image Karaite Kenesa Vilnius.jpg 170 px thumb Kenesa in Vilnius Some famous Karaim scholars in Lithuania included Isaac b. Abraham of Troki ... kenesa in Trakai . Nineteenth century leaders of the Karaims, such as Sima Babovich and Avraham Firkovich ... more details
map.jpg thumb Map of Trakai File Trakai Kenesa.JPG left thumb The Karaim kenesa Karaims or Karaites ... to three families. By 1765 Karaim community increased to 300. Trakai s Karaim kenesa is a rare ... more details
Kurkliai.JPG thumb Surviving wooden synagogue in Kurkliai File Trakai Kenesa altar.JPG thumb Torah ... lang pl Wiejsieje ref name pres Trakai lang pl Troki , a Karaite synagogue called Kenesa built ... more details
Jews and Judaism sidebar religion A synagogue from Greek language Greek lang grc transliteration transliterated synagog , meaning assembly is a Jew ish or Samaritan house of prayer. ref When broken down, the word could also mean learning together from the Greek syn , together, and agog , learning or training . ref This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, lang he kahal . In modern Hebrew a synagogue is called either a lang he beyt knesset , meaning house of assembly lang he or beyt t fila , meaning house of prayer , in Yiddish lang yi shul , from the German for school, and in Ladino lang lad esnoga . Synagogues have a large hall for prayer the main sanctuary , and can also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study , called the beit midrash Sfard beis midrash Ashkenaz lang he House of Study . Synagogues are consecrated spaces that can be used only for the purpose of prayer fact date December 2011 however, a synagogue is not necessary for worship. Communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews a minyan assemble. Worship can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However, there are certain prayers that are communal prayers and therefore can be recited only by a minyan. Except in Reform movement in Judaism Reform Judaism , a synagogue is not viewed as replacing the long since destroyed Temple in Jerusalem Temple in Jerusalem . Israelis use the Hebrew term bet knesset assembly house . Ashkenazi Jews Jews of Ashkenazi descent have traditionally used the Yiddish language Yiddish term shul cognate with the German language German Schule , school in everyday speech. Spanish and Portuguese Jews call the synagogue an esnoga . Persian Jews and Karaite Judaism Karaite Jews use the term kenesa , which is derived from ... more details
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