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TREASURY OF THE JEWISH LIFE
SHE CAN BE COMPARED TO THE DOM IN UTRECHT AND THE ONZE LIEVE VROUWE BASILIEK IN MAASTRICHT. THE SYNAGOGUE IN ENSCHEDE IS ONE OF THE THIRTEEN MOST EYECATCHING CHURCHES WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE LARGEST MUSEUM OF THE NETHERLANDS. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SYNAGOGUE OF THE NETHERLANDS AND ACCORDING TO MANY PEOPLE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SYNAGOGUE OF WESTERN EUROPE.
You can smell the delicious pastry. “Apple pie and butter cake”, reveals a volunteer. Kosher, so prepared according to the Jewish food laws; that goes without saying. A group that has just finished a guided tour enjoys the pastry in the festivity hall.
Besides the overwhelming architecture, this is what makes the synagogue in Enschede so special: it is much more than just a house of prayer. The complex consists of a large Sjoel (room for prayer), a smaller daytime sjoel, a bathhouse, church council room, festivity hall and a Jewish school. It is a monument of Jewish life. Everything is preserved really well. A mystery, considering the eventful past. BEAUTY The voice of the audio tour confines to the Using an audio tour you can see the most most prominent rooms of this piece of art important treasures in half an hour, but it that was built to a design of the architect is certainly wise to spend more time at the Karel de Bazel in 1928. However, you synagogue. The Large Sjoel, the room of might want to wander a bit further, along prayer that is only used on heydays, silently the Jewish school and the festivity hall, draws a lot of attention. You are likely to ending at the kosher sjoel bar downstairs. miss the explanation on the Jewish numbers Just like in the festivity hall, tasty apple pie and its symbolism, because the oriental is served in the sjoel bar. beauty of the room is so overwhelming.
