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now residence, in Opole Voivodeship , location = 61 Długa Street, Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship , coordinates = , latitude = , longitude = , religious_affiliation = Judaism , rite =

Nusach Ashkenaz Nusach Ashkenaz is a style of Jewish liturgy conducted by Ashkenazi Jews. It is primarily a way to order and include prayers, and differs from Nusach Sefard (as used by the Hasidim) and Baladi-rite prayer, and still more from the Sephardic rite p ...

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Synagogue architecture Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction. There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural shapes and interior designs of synagogues vary greatly. According to tradition, the Divi ...

, architecture_style = , general_contractor = , facade_direction = , groundbreaking = , year_completed = 1799 , construction_cost = , date_destroyed = November 10, 1938 , capacity = , length = , width = , width_nave = , height_max = , dome_quantity = , dome_height_outer = , dome_height_inner = , dome_dia_outer = , dome_dia_inner = , minaret_quantity = , minaret_height = , spire_quantity = , spire_height = , materials = Brick , nrhp = , added = , refnum = , designated = , footnotes = The Brzeg Synagogue is a former Jewish

synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...

building, located at 61 Długa Street, in Brzeg, in the Opole Voivodeship of Poland. Completed in 1799 and partially destroyed by the

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

during '' Kristallnacht'', the building was rebuilt in 1940 as a residence.

History

At the beginning of the sixteenth century a former synagogue building stood in the location of the present, but burnt down in 1507. The synagogue was built by Jews from Biała, who settled in Brzeg in 1660. The first

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...

was recruited by the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

in 1816. A major renovation of the building occurred in 1899, and again in 1937. During the ''Kristallnacht'' through November 9 to 10, 1938, the Nazis destroyed the interior of the synagogue and publicly burnt the Torah. In 1940, the former synagogue was reconstructed to serve as a residence.

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Synagoga, Brzeg ul.Długa 61, II,acm.jpg, The former synagogue, rebuilt as a residence

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Synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...

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