Ashdod Travelers guide

'Selichot' Tour 157 Parking lot: Parking available (free of charge) 5 Nachal Snir Street To arrange a visit: Yoel Shosef, Tel: 054-784-5680 The Shalom Shabazi Achdut Amenu synagogue the manna eaten by our forefathers in the desert, which is also mentioned in the weekly reading of Beshalach. From the Or Yitzhak synagogue, continue south on Hatzionut street, turn left on Hatikva and right at the Onot roundabout, onto Tamuz street. At the next roundabout continue straight, and turn left on Kineret street and left again at the roundabout - to Nachal Snir street. Here stands the Achdut Amenu synagogue named after Shalom Shabazi , the revered Rabbi of the Jews of Yemen and greatest of its poets. The synagogue, which was designed by architect Yair Zadok and built in 2000, is located in a beautiful garden. On the outside it is painted beige and terracotta. It does not stand out and isn't fancy, and if not for the Menorah on its roof, one might think it was a villa in Tuscany. In 1984, singer Ofra Chaza released her album Yemenite Songs, which contained liturgical poems of the 17th century Rabbi and poet, Shalom Shabazi. His centuries-old poems (such as "ImNin'alu") became some of the singer's greatest hits. Neighborhoods and streets were named after him, and naturally synagogues as well. The holy Aron (in the prayer hall) was set in the corner, in the exact direction of Jerusalem, thereby creating a form of an arrow. On the wooden plank above the prayer hall there are engravings of the seven species, the 12 tribes, the stone tablets and the burning bush, and the windows are decorated by soft orange-colored curtains.