Isaak Alter Synagogue

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The Isaak Alter Synagogue was a synagogue in Warsaw , Poland .

location

The Isaak Alter Synagogue was located at 57 Żelaznej Street in Warsaw, where the synagogue was considered a religious center of Orthodoxy .

history

The private house of the name-giving Jitzchak Meir Alter was turned into a synagogue with a yeshiva in 1864 , whereby Jitzchak Meir, (spoken name Isaak ) Alter was also the director of the yeshiva and founder of the Gerrer Hasidim rabbi dynasty , a Hasidic movement. Alter was also referred to as Chidushei HaRim , corresponding to his Torah work of the same name.

The synagogue was confiscated in 1943, during the German occupation . After that, the building served as a warehouse. Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948), the third Gerrer Rebbe, managed to escape from the Holocaust with three of his sons .

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 20 ° 59 ′ 27.4 ″  E