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Sign: Jerusalem - Heritage Sites in Israel - Od Yosef Chai Synagogue


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Navon St 18, Jerusalem, Israel
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On the sign:
סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל העיר ירושלים

בית כנסת "עוד יוסף חי"
נוסד בשנת תרפ"ז (1927) על ידי הרב יוסף חיים שרים זצ"ל.
הרב יוסף חיים שרים זצ"ל, נולד בשנת תרי"א (1851) ונפטר בשנת תש"ט (1949). כיובל שנים שימש כשד"ר (שליח דרבנן לאיסוף תרומות וספרי תורה) כוללות הספרדים, הראשלייים (הראשונים לציון החל מיעקב שאול אלישר ועד רב עוזיאל ע"ה) ושליח ארבע ארצות הקודש.

בית הכנסת שופץ על ידי בניו, יום טוב ויהודה שרים ז"ל.
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The sign shape is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The synagogue was photographed that day Click for a larger image

Above the synagogue door is a marble plaque that reads:
For world memory
Synagogue
"Od Yosef Chai"
Founded by Shadar
R.I. Shrim ztl
And his sons Judah and Yom Tov Shrim the late
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Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
The emblem of the city of Jerusalem

Od Yosef Chai Synagogue
Founded in 1927 by the late Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shrim.
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shrim ztl., Was born in 1851 and died in 1949.
Yuval served for years as a Meshulach (SHelichei DeRabonan - an emissary of the rabbis for collecting donations and Torah scrolls) including the Sephardim, the Rashleyim (Rishon LeZion from Yaakov Shaul Elishar to Rabbi Uziel, peace be upon him) and the emissary of the four Holy Lands.

The synagogue was renovated by his sons, the late Yom Tov and Yehuda Shrim.



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