Bar´am - Legendary burial place of Queen Esther

Bar'am, in the Upper Galilee, is the site of two ancient synagogues, one, whose remains are some of the most beautiful and best preserved in the country, and the other, known as the Synagogue of Obadiah the Prophet of which nothing remains but the lintel, discovered in 1861, and preserved today in the Louvre. According to legend, Queen Esther, of Purim fame, was buried by the people of Bar'am, on

Apr 7, 2003, 8:44 AM (GMT+3)

Today you can visit the synagogue at Bar'am dating back to the 3rd century, a time when the Galilee was the center of Jewish learning and Jewish life. During this era, a number of synagogues were constructed including those at Meron, Gush Halav, Arbel, and Bar'am.

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