Editing Synagogue (section)

==World's largest synagogues==
[[File:Beis Midrash Gur, Jerusalem, Israel.jpg|thumb|Congregants inside the [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)#Center|Great Beth Midrash Gur]] ]]
[[File:Amsterdam, Portugese Synagoge, (17 januari 2015) 131.JPG|thumb|[[Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam)]] ]]

===Israel/Palestine===
* The largest synagogue in the world is the [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)#Center|Great Beth Midrash Gur]], in Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine, whose main sanctuary seats up to 20,000, and has an area of approximately {{convert|7500|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, while the entire complex has an area of approximately {{convert|35000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. Construction on the edifice took more than 25 years.<ref>{{cite news |author=Shaul Kahana|date=January 9, 2022|title=גור קיבלו טופס ארבע - לבית הכנסת הגדול בעולם|language=he|newspaper=[[Kikar HaShabbat (website)|Kikar HaShabbat]]|url=https://www.kikar.co.il/409633.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Nitzhia Yaakov|date=April 20, 2023|title=הכי ביהדות: התנ"ך הזעיר, המגילה הארוכה ובית הכנסת ל-30 אלף מתפללים|language=he|newspaper=[[ynet]]|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/by0irbyf3}}</ref>
* Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue located in [[Baka, Jerusalem]], is the largest Reform (and largest non-Orthodox) Jewish synagogue in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |author=Nathan Jeffay |date=January 12, 2011 |title=The Heart of Israel's Reform Judaism |newspaper=[[The Forward]] |url=http://forward.com/news/134639/the-heart-of-israel-s-reform-judaism/}}</ref>

===Europe===
* The [[Dohány Street Synagogue]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary, is the largest synagogue in Europe by square footage and number of seats. It seats 3,000, and has an area of {{convert|1200|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and height of {{convert|26|m|abbr=on}} (apart from the towers, which are {{convert|43|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Out of Darkness, New Life |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/travel/30dayout.html?scp=1&sq=largest+synagogue+in+Europe&st=nyt |access-date=2008-03-12 |first=Nicholas |last=Kulish |date=30 December 2007}}</ref>
* The [[Synagogue of Trieste]] is the largest synagogue in Western Europe.
* The [[Great Synagogue of Rome]] is one of the greatest in Europe.
* The [[Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam)|Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam]], also called "Esnoga", was built in 1675. At that time it was the largest synagogue in the world. Apart from the buildings surrounding the synagogue, it has an area of {{convert|1008|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, is {{convert|19.5|m|sp=us}} high. It was built to accommodate 1,227 men and 440 women.<ref name="google">{{cite book |last1=Snyder |first1=S. C. |title=Acculturation and Particularism in the Modern City: Synagogue Building and Jewish Identity in Northern Europe |date=2008 |publisher=University of Michigan |isbn=978-0-549-81897-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsvvqDf9pMsC |access-date=2014-12-07}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[Szeged Synagogue]] is located in [[Szeged]], Hungary, seats 1,340 and has height of {{convert|48.5|m|abbr=on}}.
* The [[Sofia Synagogue]] is located in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria, seating about 1,200.
* The [[Subotica Synagogue]] is located in [[Subotica]], Serbia, seating more than 900.
* [[Great Synagogue (Plzeň)]] in the Czech Republic is the second-largest synagogue in Europe, and the third-largest in the world.

===North America===
* [[Baron Hirsch Synagogue]], an Orthodox synagogue in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], was the largest in the United States at the time of its dedication in 1957, seating 2,200 worshippers with an additional accommodation for 1,000 in its main sanctuary.<ref>"Orthodox Synagogue to Be Dedicated November 28–30." Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 21, 1957.</ref> The synagogue moved in 1988, but the building remains in use as a church.
* The [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] synagogue in [[Kiryas Joel]], New York, which is said to seat "several thousand", is also very large.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin |url=http://www.jpi.org/holocaust/hlchp7a.htm |publisher=Jewish Professionals Institute (JPI) |title=The Second World War and Jewish Education in America: The Fall and Rise of Orthodoxy |chapter=Rebbes, Hasidim, and Authentic Kehillahs}}</ref>
* [[Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney Street, Brooklyn)]] is also said to seat "several thousand".
* [[Temple Emanu-El of New York]], a [[Temple|Reform Temple]], is located in New York City, with an area of {{convert|3,523|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, seating 2,500. It is the largest Reform synagogue in the world.
* [[Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Hooper Street, Brooklyn)]] seats between 2,000 and 4,000 congregants.
* The main sanctuary of [[Adas Israel Congregation (Washington, D.C.)]] seats 1,500.
* Temple Emanu-El (Miami Beach, Florida) located in [[Miami Beach, Florida]], seats approximately 1,400 people.
* [[Congregation Shaare Zion]], an Orthodox Sephardic synagogue located in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], is the largest [[Syrian Jewish]] congregation in New York City. It is attended by over 1,000 worshipers on weekends.
* [[Beth Tzedec Congregation]] in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest Conservative synagogue in North America.
* [[Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)|Temple Israel]], a Reform synagogue in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], seats 1,335 to 1,500 people in its main sanctuary. The massive synagogue complex contains over {{convert|125,000|sqft|order=flip|abbr=on}} on {{convert|30|acre|order=flip}}.