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Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known as The Temple, is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 5015 Harding Pike, in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States.Founded in the 1840s, the congregation is notable for the elaborate, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple that was its home from 1874 until its demolition in 1954; replaced by its current synagogue the following year.
On November 12, 1994, a letter sent to priesthood leaders announced plans to build a temple in Nashville. However, after three unsuccessful years of trying to gain approvals, church leaders announced on April 25, 1998, they would move ahead with plans to build a temple somewhere else in the Nashville area and said the temple would be ...
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating, 9 undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 4 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2] and 110 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
1975 – The requirement for wrist and ankle length garments for in-temple use is removed. [7]: 201 1978 – The temple ban on Black people participating in most temple ceremonies was fully removed. [27]: 117 In 1979, two-piece temple garments like those shown here began to be permitted for recipients of the washing and anointing ceremony. [35]
During the open house held May 6–13, 2000, almost 25,000 people toured the temple. James E. Faust, of the church's First Presidency, dedicated the Nashville Tennessee Temple on May 21, 2000. [2] The Nashville Tennessee Temple has a total floor area of 10,700 square feet (990 m 2), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms. [2]
The temple serves more than 20,000 members in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. [3] On April 23, 2000, James E. Faust dedicated the building for its religious use. The $2 million temple was the second temple to be announced in the state, after the Nashville Tennessee Temple .
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The Temple Cemetery is a historic Jewish cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Tennessee. It spans 9.25 acres in North Nashville, and it is owned by Congregation Ohabai Sholom. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.