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Ohel (name meaning "a house, tent") is the fourth son of Zerubbabel in the Bible. His name is mentioned in the first Book of Chronicles, 3:20. Categories: Hebrew Bible/Tanakh-related stubs | Hebrew Bible/Tanakh people ... The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ... The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible (also see Old Testament). ...


Ohel is also the name of a religious shrine in Queens, New York, to which thousands of people make a pilgrimage each year. Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ...


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The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles (831 words)
According to Henry Ng, the fund’s executive vice president, Ohel Rachel was chosen because it symbolizes the long history of the Jews in China.
During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, Ohel Rachel’s windows, chandeliers and ornaments were smashed, and the building was then used for a variety of government functions.
Ohel Rachel is still owned by the city government, which lets Shanghai’s Jewish community of approximately 300 — which is served by a Lubavitch rabbi — use it only a few times a year.
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