Latest statistics published here by the government state that the Municipality has at the present time 100 permanent synagogues, 42 congregation-owned, 30 hired, 17 minyanim in private houses and 12 in huts. Seventy minyanim were added to accommodate overflow High Holiday worshippers.
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