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To the immediate left of the entrance gate is a fountain used for ritual hand washing by arriving worshippers. Ablutions are customary before entering a traditional synagogue, and courtyard fountains and other water sources are known from ancient and medieval synagogues, too.
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1media/03 Ablution fountain_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T08:36:37-08:00Ablution Fountain1To the immediate left of the entrance gate is a fountain that always for ritual handwashing by arriving worshippers. Ablutions are customary before entering a traditional synagogue, and courtyard fountains and other water sources are known from ancient and medieval synagogues, too.media/03 Ablution fountain.JPGplain2020-12-14T08:36:37-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American ProjectCirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, Vincent