Construction of a synagogue billed by its founders as the world’s largest began in the Ukrainian town of Uman. The synagogue for 10,000 worshipers – an undertaking of the international Bratslaver Chasidic movement – will serve the needs of Chasidic pilgrims who come each Rosh Hashanah to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. Nachman, who was born in 1772, became famous for his teachings and mystical interpretations of Jewish texts.
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