Can you please name some important Jewish places?

Like synagogues or any other important places that i would be able to research and make a fact file of.

Can you please name some important Jewish places?
Much of Judaism is about bringing God down into our midst and about creating holiness in both time and space. The Sabbath is an example of creating holiness in time. We have traditions for welcoming the Sabbath and other traditions for the end of the day.





The Torah scroll is an example of creating holiness in space. The Torah scroll is given a special place of honor in the synagogue and is *dressed* with a beautiful covering and ornaments.





Another example of holiness in space is the dinner table. Our meals are made holy by following dietary restrictions, by special blessings before and after meals, by special blessings while washing our hands before eating, etc.





From “Torah Today/Exodus” Pinchas Peli


The task of bringing holiness into the world, which is the main obligation of the Jew, has always been seen in the Hebrew Bible as a partnership, a combined project of humans and God. The Holy, or the Godly, can be manifested in the three dimensions of the real: in space, time and the person (depicted in an ancient Jewish mystical book as olam-space, shana-time and nefesh-person). God desires to encounter human beings by meeting them half-way as partners. In time: the Sabbath, which He sanctified (Genesis 2:3) and commanded them to sanctify (Exodus 20:8); in space: the sanctuary, about which we are told here; and in person: through the mitzvah, the sacred deed, which brings us into His presence every time we perform it.


The in-dwelling of God among the people cannot take place as long as the people are passive and do nothing to help bring the sacred into the world. “And let them make me a sanctuary – that I may dwell among them” (25:8). My dwelling among them is on condition that they make my sanctuary. The same expression used here in the sanctification of space is used elsewhere (Exodus 31:16) in the sanctification of time: “And the children of Israel shall observe the Sabbath to make the Sabbath unto their generations.” Man must start out on the path towards God, both in time and in space, in order to God to meet him half-way as his partner in the act of sanctification.
Reply:DJ makes a good point. I'd only say that for all Jews, the home is the most important place. Jerusalem also has symbolic importance for all Jews.





If you are interested in the HISTORY of the Jewish people, and places associated with that history, please edit your question to let us know that, and I'll come back to it and try to answer.
Reply:Herod's Temple, Jerusalem.


The Great Synagogue, Jerusalem.


The Ari's Synagogue, Sefad.


The Belz Synagogue, Jerusalem.


The Cave of Machpela (of the Patriarchs), Hebron.


Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem.


The Dohany Synagogue, Budapest.


The Maharal's Synagogue, Prague.


The Grave of Rabbi Akiva, Sefad.


Masada National Park, Masada.


The Knesset (Congress, Parliament...), Jerusalem.


Migdal David/The Tower of David, Jerusalem.


Ihr David/The City of David, Jerusalem.


Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial), Jerusalem.


Yeshivas Mir (University of Jewish Studies of Mir), initially in Mir, then in Shanghai during WW2, now in Jerusalem.


Yeshivas Ponovezh (University of J.S of Ponovezh), initially in Ponovezh, now in Bnei Brak.


Yeshivas Cachmei Lublin (University of J.S of the geniuses of Lublin), initially Lublin, now Bnei Brak.


I hope this helps.
Reply:Strangely enough, after 2000 years of diaspora and persecution, Jews don't really have places so much.





Herod's temple is still in Jerusalem. It predates Jesus and was built on the site of Solomon's temple.
Reply:There's the Herod's Temple western wall, that is considered the most important place.





There is also the Cave of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron.
Reply:Any Jewish owned Mall or shopping center.