Ein Neshut synagogue
The ancient synagogue remains, in 2016
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Ancient synagogue Archaeological site
Status	Ruins
Location
Location	near Katzrin, Golan Heights
Country	Israel
Location of the ancient synagogue in the Golan Heights
Geographic coordinates	33°0′47.2″N 35°41′31.9″E / 33.013111°N 35.692194°E / 33.013111; 35.692194
Architecture
Completed	c. 5th century CE
Interior area	10 by 11 m (33 by 36 ft)

Ein Neshut is an archaeological site where remains of a Jewish settlement from the Talmudic period and an ancient synagogue were discovered in the center of the Golan Heights.^[1]

The site is located on a hill 392 m (1,286 ft) above sea level, approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of Katzrin and a similar distance south of the settlement of Kidmat Tzvi, just above the beginning of the Meshushim River ravine. The site's Arabic name is Khirbet Deir Rahib.

The site was first explored in the 1880s by researcher Gottlieb Schumacher, who suggested that the site contained the remains of an ancient synagogue.^[1]

Excavations in the late 1970s revealed the remains of a synagogue that was built in the 5th century; it was located at the north-western end of the settlement.^[2] The synagogue measured 10 by 11 m (33 by 36 ft) synagogue and had benches, columns and decorated capitals and some of them with a nine branched Menorah. On the south side of the building facing Jerusalem remains of a Torah ark was found.^{[citation needed]}

Beside the synagogue, two oil press were also discovered, one of which was used from the 4th century to the 6th century.^[2] Remains of additional synagogues from the same period were also discovered 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to south east in the ruins of Sokho also known as Ahmadiyya, and in the Debia ruins, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the site.^{[citation needed]}

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  Map of Israel in Hebrew
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  Decorated column capital
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  Remains of the oil press

• Archaeology of Israel
• History of the Jews in Syria
• List of synagogues in Syria

• Amit, Hanna; Amit, David. Sights : Travel with the sources in north of the country. Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute. pp. 217–221.
• Meir, Dafna; Meir, Eran. Synagogues in the Golan Heights. Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute. pp. 52–63.

Media related to Ein Nashut at Wikimedia Commons

• A tour of the ruins of Ein Nashut (organized 22.08.2016 in the Wayback Machine archive) on the Golan tourism website
• Ein Nashut, video on YouTube