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Precisely when the excavation began is somewhat unclear, but it may have started as early as 2018 and, at least by some reports, was well underway during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Over these past few years, the students managed to excavate a wide area adjacent to the synagogue, including an access tunnel. If not for gabbaim discovering the excavations several weeks ago, the work would have continued. As of now, the excavation work has been halted, and according to some reports, the damage to the synagogue interior has been partly repaired.
But Sam, the former Tzfati, believes their project will ultimately succeed.
“What they’re doing is actually a no-brainer,” Sam says. “They need to expand, they have real problems.” And, he says: “I’d be surprised if, by next year, that whole excavation isn’t made official. I think the shul will just be de facto expanded.”
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