This picture is based on one
of the most beautiful ancient synagogues in Safed which
was built by the students of the famous sage Rabbi Yitzhak
Abuhav.
Rabbi Abuhav was a leader of
the Serphardic Jewish community expelled from Spain
in 1492 and died on his way to the Holy Land.
This synagogue houses his personal
Torah scroll which is still read three times a year.
A legend claims that this synagogue was actually built
in Spain before the Expulsion and then magically transported
to Safed.
