"I go to services there on the high holidays," he says.

"Our hope for the high holidays is that we'll all be in the same place," he told the congregation.

Sometimes, he says, Jewish foreigners visit his home for the high holidays.

It was restored by the Greek government and today is used primarily during the high holidays.

Let's start with a brief discussion of what the High Holidays are all about.

Services were held monthly until after that year's High Holidays.

That same year the new building construction was completed, in time for the High Holidays.

The synagogue has more than five hundred families and a total of about 1,200 people coming to services on the High Holidays.

All services, including High Holidays, are open to everyone who wishes to attend.

On High Holidays, police were stationed in the street to control the crowds.