The Abuhav Synagogue is one of the most beautiful synagogues in Safed. Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav was a leader of the Spanish Jewish community expelled from Spain in 1492. He died on his way to the Holy Land. The synagogue was built by his students to house his personal Torah scroll which is still read three times a year.
A legend claims that this synagogue was actually built in Spain before the Expulsion and then magically transported to Safed.
I painted this picture from two photographs I took many years ago, one with the camera pointing upward; and one with the camera… more
