One of the signs posted by the Department of Site Preservation in Petah Tikva Municipality, which indicates buildings or places that are part of the citys history.
The synagogue was photographed that day
Click for a larger image There is also a sign from the "Memorial to the Undergrounds" series
Click for sign's details Translation of the text on the sign:
Tiferet Binyamin Synagogue In 1931, Ms. Malka Israeli donated the two-dunam plot of land for a synagogue to the residents of the colony. To this she added a considerable sum of money that enabled the beginning of construction. For, until the synagogue was established, the residents prayed in the Schlesinger family home.
Ms. Elka Yahalom and a member of the Moshava committee, Shmuel Galili, raised all the families of the Moshava for the purpose of construction. Everyone donated, some money, some work, and some synagogue accessories.
The Womens sectuib served as a kindergarten for the children of the colony, until 1938. During the Mandatory period, the niche under the staircase for the womens section served as a slick for the Haganahs weapons.
The first Gabay and the main activist was Benjamin Wolfson, after whom the synagogue is named.
It was the first synagogue in Kfar Ganim.
The emblem of the city of Petah Tikva
Tempo of a City, heart of a colony
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