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Thus a kind of inner chapel, built inside the bimah-tower, was created. [10] One of the first synagogues with a bimah-support was the Old Synagogue (Przemyśl), which was destroyed during World War II. Synagogues with a bimah-tower were built up to the 19th century and the concept was adopted in various Central European countries. [11]
The main room inside the synagogue is divided by a row of three pillars. [4] The interior is lit by small windows high in the walls. Photos taken in 1954 show a ceiling hung with numerous memorial lamps, now vanished. [2] The wooden ceiling is beamed and painted. [2] The walls are wainscotted with blue figured Moroccan tiles.
A synagogue, [a] also called a shul [b] or a temple, [c] is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It has a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, choir performances, and children's plays.
Inside the synagogue were lavish marble columns and a fenced off section for Torah scrolls and scripture reading. The richly decorated synagogue was filled with marble columns, according to ...
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Inside of the Old Synagogue, Kraków. Old Synagogue in Kraków is from the 15th century and the oldest surviving synagogue building in Poland. The synagogue was built in 1407 or 1492; the date of building varies throughout sources. High Synagogue in Kraków, built in 1556−1563; Remuh Synagogue, completed in 1557
The Hurva Synagogue, as an emblem of Jerusalem and its Jewish heritage, has been portrayed over the years in numerous paintings, and referred to in literature and culture. The synagogue was portrayed, for example, in works by artists Yossef Gaiger, [74] Jonathan Kis-Lev, [75] and in the works of Holocaust survivor, artist Motke Blum. [76]
The New Synagogue was built to serve the growing Jewish population in Berlin, in particular, immigrants from the East. It was the largest synagogue in Germany at the time, seating 3,000 people. The building housed public concerts, including a violin concert with Albert Einstein in 1930. With an organ and a choir, the religious services ...