{"id":2050,"date":"2020-12-30T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/?page_id=2050"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:12:40","slug":"aron-kodesh-ark-from-geenville-hall-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/conservation-preservation-at-the-irish-jewish-museum\/aron-kodesh-ark-from-geenville-hall-synagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Aron Kodesh (Ark) from Greenville Hall Synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2050\" class=\"elementor elementor-2050\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ef6bf4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"7ef6bf4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1812729 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"1812729\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d5e390 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"9d5e390\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a07d35e ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"a07d35e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fee6401 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-price-list\" data-id=\"fee6401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"price-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-price-list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Congregation Name:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">Dublin Hebrew Congregation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Address:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">Dolphin's Barn, Dublin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Previous Address:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">Greenville Hall, Dublin (until 1940's)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Date founded:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">1925<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Current status:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">Closed (after 1966)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ritual:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\">Ashkenazi Orthodox<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Membership:<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\"><strong>1939<\/strong> - 198 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1940)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\"><strong>1944<\/strong> - 280 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1945)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\"><strong>1953<\/strong> - 198 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1954)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"elementor-price-list-item\" href=\"#\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-price-list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-price-list-price\"><strong>1962<\/strong> - 120 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1963)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2729d0 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"b2729d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc41603 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc41603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Greenville Hall\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2pld2lzaG11c2V1bS5pZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTJcL0dyZWVudmlsbGUtSGFsbC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-768x509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2061\" alt=\"Greenville Hall Synagogue exterior\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall.jpg 1926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-331f371 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"331f371\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5f1cbc ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"f5f1cbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e66513 drop ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e66513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1925 the Dublin United Hebrew Congregation opened a new synagogue on the South Circular Road Road at Dolphin\u2019s Barn. The building was designed by architects O&#8217;Rourke, Aubrey Vincent in 1924 in the Classical architectural manner with exterior details including a Portico with the three arched windows with ionic capitals and an empty tympanum surrounding by dentil mouldings. The windows carried the Star of David. In 1980 when the congregation had significantly diminished the building was closed and subsequently became the headquarters of a technology company. The only remaining items remaining from its former life are the Star of David windows.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2084\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"Greenville Hall Windows\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows-600x298.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Greenville-Hall-Windows.jpg 1437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>The Aron Kodesh was made in 1925 by the firm Abraham Noyek of Parnell Street Dublin which was in existence from 1890 to 1965. Its design had strong architectural elements which matched the design of the building. The main structural timber is Central American Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) with some sections of pine as secondary structural timbers.<\/p><p>When the synagogue was closed the Ark was placed in storage where significant damage was encountered and subsequently put in storage with the National Museum of Ireland in 2004 where it stayed until 2013. In 2012 a decision was made by the Management Committee of the museum to restore the Ark with the intention of its forming a central theme in a newly built Jewish museum. Funding for the restoration was provided by an anonymous supporter of the museum and the Ark was placed with Sven Habermann of Letterfrack Conservation in secure and climatised conditions awaiting reconstruction. At that time the artefact was in bits with some parts like the golden cupola missing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2075\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dismantled ark from Greenville Hall in storage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dismantled-ark-from-Greenville-Hall-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationletterfrack.ie\">Conservation | Letterfrack<\/a> is a specialist company employing a team of highly-skilled conservator-restorers, craftspeople and other specialists to provide a professional service and consultancy throughout Ireland in the conservation, restoration and collection care of wooden objects and architectural woodwork to the highest international standards.<\/p><p>Work on the restoration was delayed as the large scale development plans for the museum collapsed due to the economic crises and the unavailability of capital grants. |It was not until 2018 that the Aron Kodesh conservation was regarded to be appropriate as funding for a smaller development was considered for the museum. Once more economic factors overtook the Irish Jewish Museum and plans were again put on hold. However, the work on the Ark was completed in 2019 and a temporary home had to be found to house the newly completed Ark. The museum as it exists was too small to display it the community stepped in to assist and agreed to place it in the Samuel Taca Hall at the Terenure synagogue temporarily. Unfortunately the room was not high enough to place the cupola on top and that is now in storage until the final development of the museum premises.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2068 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Aron Kodesh - Kippah\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-scaled-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-1536x1106.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-Kippah-2048x1475.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>This situation has worked out to the benefit of both the museum and the synagogue as since the pandemic the community have held services in the Samuel Taca Halland the Aron Kodesh from Greenville Hall is once more being used for its initial purpose.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2070\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Restored Aron Kodesh from Greenville Hall\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-scaled-600x798.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-1541x2048.jpg 1541w, https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aron-Kodesh-scaled.jpg 1926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congregation Name: Dublin Hebrew Congregation Address: Dolphin&#8217;s Barn, Dublin Previous Address: Greenville Hall, Dublin (until 1940&#8217;s) Date founded: 1925 Current status: Closed (after 1966) Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox Membership: 1939 &#8211; 198 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1940) 1944 &#8211; 280 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1945) 1953 &#8211; 198 seat holders (Jewish Year Book 1954) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2070,"parent":185,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2050\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}