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1media/01 entrance gate_thumb.jpg2020-12-14T11:48:02-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Entrance Gate2The Old Synagogue of Ioannina, called Kehak Kadosh Yashan, is located just inside the kastro at 16 Justinian Street, on the edge of the former old Jewish quarter. The standing building is dated to the 1820s; while the precinct the wall and gate were built in the late 19th century. Today’s structure may have replaced an 17th-century synagogue on the site.media/01 entrance gate.jpgplain2020-12-14T11:58:20-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/02 Courtyard and pergola_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T08:27:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Courtyard and Pergola1Inside the small courtyard there is a small fountain, a wellhead, and a pergola constructed against the wall. Similar pergolas are often found in other Romaniote synagogues in Greece, and it would have been used as a communal sukkah during the Feast of Tabernacles.media/02 Courtyard and pergola.JPGplain2020-12-14T08:27:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/03 Ablution fountain_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T08:36:37-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Ablution 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 Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/04 View courtyard wall and view of main gate_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T08:40:17-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0View of Courtyard Wall and Main Gate1Looking back from the sukkah past the wellhead and to the main gate, one sees that the courtyard is lined with stone benches to facilitate outdoor gatherings.media/04 View courtyard wall and view of main gate.JPGplain2020-12-14T08:40:17-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/05 Courtyard and main (mens) entrance_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T08:43:09-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Courtyard and Main Entrance1This view of the courtyard emphasizes its intimate scale that provides a comfortable space for the congregation gather before and after services. An inscribed tablet above the door provides the date of construction as 1829.media/05 Courtyard and main (mens) entrance.JPGplain2020-12-14T08:43:10-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/06 West entrance of synagogue_thumb.jpg2020-12-14T11:22:57-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0West Entrance1This beautiful black and white photo of the synagogue courtyard emphasizes the juxtaposition of simple shapes of the building exterior and the courtyard space. Note the contrast between the tablet-shaped pair of round-headed arches of the apse-like projection of the interior bimah (reader’s platform) and the triangular pediment of the entrance porch.media/06 West entrance of synagogue.jpgplain2020-12-14T11:22:57-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/07 MensEntrance_thumb.jpg2020-12-14T12:04:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Men's Entrance1Today, the main entrance for men to the prayer hall is from the courtyard, in the west wall of the synagogue. It through a delicate classically inspired gable front porch made of wood with a metal roof. The six-point star (Magen David) is the only Jewish symbol on the building exterior. An original earlier is a door on the building’s northeast corner.media/07 MensEntrance.jpgplain2020-12-14T12:04:04-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/08 Permanent sukkah_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T12:11:38-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Sukkah1The courtyard contains a pergola to one side, built against the precinct wall. This has an open roof and built in benches on three sides. It would be augmented every autumn in accordance with the rules regulating the construction of a sukkah – the outdoor booth when Jews dine during the Week-long feat of Tabernacles.media/08 Permanent sukkah.JPGplain2020-12-14T12:11:38-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/09 Original lentrance to synagogue at northeast corner_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T12:19:32-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Original Entrance for Men1The original entrance for men was through this arched doorway at the northeast corner of the building.media/09 Original lentrance to synagogue at northeast corner.JPGplain2020-12-14T12:19:32-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/10 Stairs to womens section_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T12:23:24-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Stairs to Women's Section, North Wall1The original women’s section of the synagogue is inside in an upper gallery along the north wall. It is entered from an external staircase, just around the corner from the original entrance for men. In traditional synagogues and in all Romaniote synagogues, men and women are seated separately.media/10 Stairs to womens section.JPGplain2020-12-14T12:23:24-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/11 Synaogue exterior southeast_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T12:27:29-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Synagogue Exterior, Southeast Corner1As seen in this view of the southwest corner, the exterior of the synagogue is quite austere, but marked with large windows on all four sides. Today the stone walls are mostly exposed though they were probably been plastered and whitewashed at different times in the building’s history.media/11 Synaogue exterior southeast.JPGplain2020-12-14T12:27:29-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
1media/12 Exterior with protrusion of Ark niche_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T12:30:02-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0Exterior with Protrusion of Ark Niche1The large marble ehal (Ark) built against the interior east wall opened into recess deeper than the wall thickness, which is expressed architecturally on the exterior as an apse. It is in this space that the sacred Torah scrolls are stored.media/12 Exterior with protrusion of Ark niche.JPGplain2020-12-14T12:30:03-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0