On Wednesday, for our last morning in Budapest, we saw the rabbinical school and one last shul. But before we did that, we went back to where we had breakfast on my birthday to get me an iced latte.

The rabbinical school is Neolog. So, only men study there. The rabbinical school is like the sister school to JTS (Jewish theological seminary), where Ima was ordained as a rabbi. One of the students showed us the shul and the library.

After seeing the rabbinical school, we went to a shul. We went to the Pava Street Shul (all of the shuls in Budapest are named after the street they are on). The shul was gorgeous! The ceiling was turquoise with Jewish stars, and the walls were white with gold trim. The gold, white, and turquoise looked amazing together! Not only was the color scheme pretty, but also the architecture was nice too.

All of the shuls that we saw in Budapest were stunning! Hungarian jews sure now how to build a nice shul.

-Naomi

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