Bhamdoun synagogue

{{short description|Former synagogue in Lebanon}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| rite = {{ubl|Mizrahi|Nusach Sefard}}

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| organisational_status = Synagogue

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| governing_body = Lebanese Jewish Community Council

| leadership = Isaac Arazi

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| functional_status = Abandoned

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| location = Bhamdoun, Aley District

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| year_completed = 1922

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The Bhamdoun Synagogue is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Bhamdoun, in the Aley District of Lebanon. The synagogue was completed in 1922.{{cite book |author=Parfitt, Tudor |title=Israel and Ishmael: Studies in Muslim-Jewish relations |page=89 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2000 |isbn= }}{{cite web |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1061786/4-bhamdoun-ou-la-reinvention-du-temps-passe.html |title=#4 Bhamdoun, ou la réinvention du temps passé |website=L'Orient-Le Jour |lang=fr |date= |access-date= }} It is one of the four big synagogues in Lebanon. Its structure still stands despite the building being abandoned.