בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת הַגָּדוֹל, ביה"כ הַגָּדוֹל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The great synagogue (in the city)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The central and largest synagogue in the city. The synagogue that is the largest or most magnificent in that location.

(“And the house that I build is great, for our God is greater than all the gods” – Chronicles II 2:4; and likewise: “One does not sell a synagogue except on condition that if desired, it may be returned – according to Rabbi Meir, and the sages say it may be sold from a permanent sale except for four things: bathhouse, burski, immersion, and the water house” – Megillah 3:3; and likewise: “Until the small synagogue was fixed… but in the great synagogue, he who passes before the Ark prevented this” – Shut Rambam, siman 270; and likewise: “It is the great synagogue in Vizlovitz to this day. The house is large and spacious, and the ark is full of Torah scrolls” – Agnon, Elu Ve’Elu, The Great Synagogue, 295.)