Judaism in Dagestan
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Judaism in Dagestan is mainly practiced by Mountain Jews. By the beginning of the 8th century BCE Mountain Jews had reached Persia from Israel. Under the Sasanian Empire, with the arrival in Dagestan
Derbent Synagogue
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The main entrance of the Buynaksk Synagogue. 2024.
Derbent Synagogue
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The Derbent Synagogue, also known as Kele-Numaz was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 94 Tagi-Zade Street, in the city of Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan, in the Nort
Judaism in Dagestan
…three in Makhachkala, Derbent, and Buynaksk, and one prayer house in Khasavyurt. In Derbent, there is a Jewish community and the Sephardic synagogue "Kele-Numaz." Additionally, Vatan, the only newspaper in Russia in the Mountain Jewish language (Juhuri), is published there. There are only six clergymen of the…
Inscription on the foundation stone of the Kele-Numaz Synagogue in Derbent, placed during the building’s construction in 1810.
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