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Synagogue Description
On the north side of the second insula is the synagogue. A few steps lead up to an open porch, from which three doors give access to the aisles of the synagogue and two others to the courtyard on its east side. The original consoles, carved with palm-trees, have been restored to the central doorway. Rows of columns run down between the three aisles and along the far end. Along the left-hand side are stone benches. On one of the Corinthian columns at the far end is a Greek inscription: "Herod, son of Monimus, and his son Justus, with their children, erected this column". The synagogue presumably had an upper gallery for women. There is no recess for the Torah, which must have been set up during worship at the south end (ie. at the entrance)
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