In a place that since the 16th century had been called Santo Amaro das Salinas, of “a plot of 120 feet wide by 200 deep, expropriating and giving that area to the English Consul.

Preparing the dead for burial is a very important ceremony because the body houses the soul, and for that reason must be kept very clean. The cemetery, in turn, is called Beit Almin, which means ‘House of the World’ or ‘House of Eternity’ in Hebrew.

The construction of Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue (or the Rock of Israel Congregation) represented one of the most important milestones of the Jewish presence in colonial Brazil.