Description of the attraction
Synagogue Beis Aaron ve Israel - a functioning temple of the Lviv Jewish community is located in the city of Lviv, not far from the station, on the street. Brothers Mikhnovsky, 4.
The building was built in 1897, and at the very beginning belonged to Moses Grifeld, who was a member of the Tzori Gilod Jewish Society. In 1912, the charitable community received permission from the city master to rebuild the building of M. Grifeld into a synagogue, after which a prayer house was opened in it. In 1923, according to the project of the architect Albert Kornbluth, the transformation of the premises began, which ended in 1925.
The synagogue building with two halls was designed for 384 seats. The center of the main hall was decorated with a stained glass lamp in the shape of the Magen David star, and the walls of the house were painted by the artist M. Kugel. The prayer hall covered an area of over 200 square meters and had two separate galleries for women, which were decorated with rich carvings.
During the Second World War, the building of the meetinghouse was used as a warehouse. That is why the structure was not destroyed. After the war, warehouses of various organizations continued to be located in the synagogue. At the end of 1944, religious life was slowly revived, but around another synagogue - "Di Naye Hasidishe Shul", which operated until 1962, and was eventually closed.
In 1989, during the perestroika era, the authorities offered the community the former building of the Tsori Gilod synagogue, after which services were resumed on the third floor. In 2007. the restoration of the synagogue was completed. The author of the project was the Israeli architect Aaron Ostreikher. It was a great gift for the Lviv Jewish community and the whole city. To date, all polychrome paintings have been preserved in the interior of the Beis Aaron ve Israel synagogue.
