Getting from the sidewalk into the main sanctuary of Beth Sholom synagogue, in San Francisco, is hardly a matter of opening a front door and entering. Passing through a sequence of courtyards, rising a flight of stairs, turning, and turning again, congregants become engaged in a winding journey inward, gradually leaving the everyday realm and ultimately reaching protected sacred space.
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