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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Synagogue in Mumbai, India}}<br />
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| location = 340, Sir J. J. Road [[Byculla]], [[Mumbai]] <br>{{flag|India}}<br />
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'''Magen David Synagogue''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Sephardic Judaism|Sephardi]] synagogue located in [[Byculla]], India.<br />
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==History==<br />
Erected in 1864, the [[synagogue]] was constructed by [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] in [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] style for the growing population of Baghdadi Jews who had fled from persecution by the governor and Wali of Baghdad [[Dawud Pasha]].<ref name="Menasseh2010" /> By 1910, the Jewish community in the neighbourhood of Byculla had increased to the extent that the synagogue could no longer service all the devotees and the synagogue was extended with the help of Jacob, David Sassoon's grandson.<ref name="DNA">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_restored-mumbai-synagogue-celebrates-150-years-of-peace_1628300 | title=Restored Mumbai synagogue celebrates 150 years of peace | date=21 Dec 2011 | agency=DNA | access-date=11 November 2012 | author=Nair, Manoj R.}}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The synagogue is one of the largest in Asia outside of Israel.<br />
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Within the extensive grounds of the Synagogue there are two Jewish Schools which are operated by the Sir Jacob Sassoon High School Trust and the E.E.E. Sassoon High School Trust, in which Jewish children were originally educated. Over time most of the Bagdadi Jews moved to the more affluent Colaba area or abroad to Israel, Australia, Britain and Canada. With the scarcity of Jewish students, the Schools have opened to all communities and currently provide for the population in the vicinity, which is 98% Muslim.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jacobsassoon.com/synagogues/magen-david-synagogue | title=Magen David Synagogue | access-date=11 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721034618/http://www.jacobsassoon.com/synagogues/magen-david-synagogue | archive-date=21 July 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In 2011, for the celebration of the 150th anniversary, the Synagogue was restored.<ref name="DNA"/><ref name="outlook">{{cite news | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/lighting-the-menorah/268190 | title=Lighting The Menorah | date=6 December 2010 | first=Aimee | last=Ginsburg | work=Outlook | access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Magen David Synagogue (8295543840).jpg|Exterior<br />
File:Magen David Synagogue (8295519516).jpg|Ark<br />
File:Mumbai (8295540654).jpg|Interior<br />
File:Magen David or Sha'ar Ha-Rahamin Synagogue of Bombay.jpg|Old photo of Magen David Synagogue, [[Mumbai]]<br />
File:Magen David Synagogue, Byculla, Mumbai, Interior 2.jpg|Interiors<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Tourist attractions in Mumbai}}<br />
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[[Category:Orthodox Judaism in India]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodox synagogues]]<br />
[[Category:Synagogues in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Iraqi-Jewish diaspora in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Synagogues completed in 1864]]<br />
[[Category:Sephardi Jewish culture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Sephardi synagogues]]<br />
[[Category:1864 establishments in India]]</div>->Mupper-san