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|NAME OF SHUL:=Portuguese Synagogue(Amsterdam)
|ADDRESS:=Mr. Visserplein 3 1011 RD
|CITY:=Amsterdam
|COUNTRY:=Netherlands
}}
{{Coordinates
|The coordinates=52.3676278, 4.9042005999999679042006
}}
{{SHUL DETAILS
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The exterior of the brick synagogue faces a busy traffic circle on one side and a square courtyard of brick houses on the other. The courtyard is a popular place for children to play and adults to socialize. The houses now contain the Ets Haim ("Tree of Life") library - one of the oldest in the world - the winter synagogue, a mortuary, the rabbinate, offices and archives.
This shul library is an UNESCO documentary heritage site.
The gilded Hebrew inscription over the entrance records the date 1672, when the synagogue was due to be completed, and a verse from Psalm 5:8: "In the abundance of Thy lovingkindness will I come into Thy house."