Synagogue (Yaryschiw)
The wooden synagogue in Yaryzhiv , a Ukrainian city in Vinnytsia Oblast , was built in the first half of the 18th century and destroyed in World War II.
description
The main hall was almost square with a vestibule , on the upper floor of which there were prayer rooms for the women. The wooden structure stood on a brickwork. On the south side there was another, brick-built extension that also housed women's rooms. On the west side was a two-story gallery that protruded laterally over the main hall.
The roof consisted of two lower hipped roof steps and a gable roof on the third level. Inside, the ceiling was expanded into an octagonal dome.
The walls and the ceiling were multicolored with animal-shaped mythical creatures and psalms .
The bima was also an octagonal podium with a balustrade .
The Torah shrine was richly decorated with carvings.
See also
Source
- ↑ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Rzeczpospolita of Poland and Lithuania. Pages 324, 325. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0 . Detailed description.
Web links
- The Center for Jewish Art (with many photos)