Kenesa

Kenesa is a Karaim synagogue. The word derives from the Aramaic word for "assembly" (in Hebrew, the word for synagogue is beit Keneset.

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An early 20th century Kenesa remains in Trakai, Lithuania.

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Karaim: Karaim, from the Hebrew word קראים, meaning "readers", refers in the literal sense generally to practitioners of the Karaite sect of Judaism....

Synagogue: A synagogue or synagog (from Greek συναγωγη, transliterated sunagoge, "place of assembly" literally "meeting, assembly") is a Jewish house of prayer and study. The Hebrew term for synagogue is Beit Knesset (House of Assembly) or Beit Tefila (House of Prayer). ...

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