Jewish Temple in Jerusalem Junior Certificate
Jewish religious buildings Jews had two kinds of religious buildings/places of worship The Great Temple in Jerusalem Synagogues in every town/village
The Great Temple in Jerusalem Most sacred building for Jewish people Situated in city of Jerusalem
History of the Temple First temple built by Solomon between 961 to 922BC Destroyed during destruction of Jerusalem between 700 and 600 BCE Second temple was built in 515BC, under Herod the Great the temple was enlarged work began in 20CE and didn’t finish until 64CE Destroyed again by Romans in 70CE
The Temple
The Western wall Only part of the Temple in Jerusalem that remains today Holiest sit in the religion of Judaism
The Western wall http://www.3disrael.com/jerusalem/kotel.cfm
Outer Temple
Main entrance
Main entrance
Outside the temple
Temple Beautiful Gate
Court of women Court of Israel Jewish men
Court of priests
Alter
Holy of holies
Temple Arches
Temple at night
Synagogues Meeting place for the Jewish community Jews attended synagogue every week on the Sabbath Pray and listen to scripture Plain two story building Women sat upstairs with children Men and older boys remained downstairs in main part of building Rabbi/teacher read from a scroll of Jewish scripture
Inside a Synagogue
A Rabbi
Torah scrolls Kept in Ark, Curtain drawn in front Light burns always to remind Jews that God is always with them
Parts of the Synagogue Menorah Story of ten commandments Ner tamid Hangs over Ark
Jerusalem http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fotosearch.com/thumb/DVA/DVA001/001-0736.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.fotosearch.com/video-footage/jerusalem.html&h=104&w=104&sz=26&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=NfR2Yi6xLNtA_M:&tbnh=84&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djerusalem%2Bvideo%2Bfiletype:gif%26as_st%3Dy%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den