The Grand Synagogue of Aden (Arabic: كنيس عدن الكبير, romanized: Kanīs ʻAdan al-Kabīr; Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול בעדן, romanized: Beit HaKnesset HaGadol BaꞋAden), also known as the Magen Avraham Synagogue or Shield of Avraham Synagogue, was a synagogue, located in Aden, Yemen. The congregation is believed to have been established in c. 110 BCE. The synagogue was completed in 1858, built on the site of an earlier synagogue.
The Grand Synagogue of Aden (Arabic: كنيس عدن الكبير, romanized: Kanīs ʻAdan al-Kabīr; Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול בעדן, romanized: Beit HaKnesset HaGadol BaꞋAden), also known as the Magen Avraham Synagogue or Shield of Avraham Synagogue, was a synagogue, located in Aden, Yemen. The congregation is believed to have been established in c. 110 BCE. The synagogue was completed in 1858, built on the site of an earlier synagogue.
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