Peki'in Synagogue

Peki'in Synagogue
Hebrew: בית הכנסת העתיק בפקיעין
Entrance to the former synagogue, with a large mulberry tree, in 2019
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1873–2005)
Year consecrated	1873
Status	Inactive
Location
Location	Peki'in, Northern District
Country	Israel
Location of the former synagogue in the northwest part of the Northern District
Geographic coordinates	32°58′39″N 35°20′08″E / 32.977499°N 35.335564°E / 32.977499; 35.335564
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Funded by	Rabbi Rafael Halevy of Beirut
Completed	1873
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Materials	Stone

The Peki’in Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת העתיק בפקיעין, lit. 'The ancient synagogue in Peki'in'), is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue located in the centre of Peki'in, in the Northern District of Israel. The current building was erected in 1873, on the site of older ones. Local tradition holds that it has two stones taken from the walls of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem built into its walls.^{[citation needed]} The site is also said to be where Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah established his beth midrash in antiquity.^[1]

The synagogue, not usually active as of 2005, is kept by Margalit Zinati (born 1931). Zinati is a member of a Jewish family who have lived for centuries in Peki'in, reportedly since the time of the Second Temple.^[2] Zinati, the last Jewish woman in Peki'in, was honoured for her work on the 70th Independence Day in 2018, and her family home is run as a heritage site by the Education Department of the World Zionist Organization (WZO).^[3]