The Tsori Gilod Synagogue, known in more recent times as Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue (
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from
Hebrew
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as "The House of Aaron and Israel"), is an
Orthodox
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Jewish
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synagogue
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, located at 4 Brativ Mikhnovskykh Street, in
Lviv
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, in the
Lviv Oblast
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of
Ukraine
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.
History
The Tsori Gilod Synagogue is the only remaining functioning synagogue in Lviv.
Designed by Albert Kornblüth in the
Baroque
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style, the synagogue was completed in 1925. The construction was financed by Jewish charity "Tsori Gilod" (; transliterated from Hebrew as "Healing Balm"
), and was designed to accommodate 384 worshipers.
During
World War II
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, the synagogue building was repurposed by the
Nazis
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as a horse stable. After 1945, under the Soviet regime, the synagogue was used as a warehouse.
In 1989, the building was returned to the Jewish community. It was renovated from 1995 to 1997, and again from 1999 to 2000. In 2004–5, under the initiative of HGSS Friends of Lviv (a charity associated with Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue in London), and with substantial funding from the Rohr family of New York and Miami, it underwent a major interior renovation under the direction of architect Aron Ostreicher. At the same time the magnificent artwork on the walls and ceilings was restored. These murals of the synagogue are some of the few surviving synagogue paintings in Ukraine. Unfortunately, due to an unprofessional renovation they have lost a touch of the author's soul and their authentic values.
Gallery
Интерьер_львовской_синагоги_2.jpg, Interior of the synagogue, in 2006
Интерьер_львовской_синагоги_3.jpg, Interior of the synagogue, in 2006
Интерьер львовской синагоги.jpg, Interior of the synagogue, in 2007
Tsori Gilod Synagogue in Lviv - interior (03).jpg, Murals of the interior, in 2018
Синагога Ахарона Карлинського в Ізраїлі. - panoramio (3).jpg, Exterior detail in 2012
See also
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History of the Jews in Ukraine
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List of synagogues in Ukraine
This list of synagogues in Ukraine contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Ukraine. In all cases the year of the completion of the building is given. Italics indicate an approximate date. Mostly preserved, but repurposed buil ...
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1925 establishments in Ukraine
20th-century synagogues in Europe
Baroque synagogues in Ukraine
Orthodox synagogues in Ukraine
Romanesque Revival architecture in Ukraine
Rundbogenstil synagogues
Synagogues completed in 1925
Synagogues in Lviv
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