THE SYNAGOGUES

ou can not understand the Jewish quarter in Venice if you don't begin from the synagogues. The synagogues in the New Ghetto are on the top floor of the pre-existing buildings and recognized with difficulty outside while inside they prove to be little jewels.

The focal points of the synagogues are the 'Aron ha-Kodesh, the closet the keeps Torah, and the Tevah, the pulpit where the passages of Torah are read; the way the space is ordered is a consequence of the putting of the 'Aron ha-Kodesh which must be oriented towards Jerusalem.