Synagogue (Rawicz)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 39.2 ″  N , 16 ° 51 ′ 15.3 ″  E

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Synagogue in Rawitsch

The synagogue in Rawitsch ( Rawicz in Polish ) was built in the Moorish-Byzantine style in 1889 as a domed central building and destroyed in 1941.

history

The first settlement of Jews in Rawitsch took place when the city was founded in 1639. In 1648 and 1674 the Jewish community of Rawitsch was banned from town. A Jewish community had existed since 1698 and in 1719 the community received a letter of protection that secured its rights. At that time the Jewish community of Rawitsch numbered twelve families.

A Chewra Kadischa , a burial brotherhood, was founded in 1728 and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gradenwitz was hired by the community in 1755 by a service contract in 1755. Her Beth Din , a Jewish court, was run by Talmudic authorities, including Rabbi Solomon ben Dov Baer (1786–1793), who was later appointed rabbi by the community. In 1774 a beit midrash , a school of Torah interpretation and a religious seminary, was established in Rawitsch . Services were held in a private house until the synagogue was built in 1783.

The Israelite community, about 35 families in 1739, grew, and after a fire in Leszno in 1790, the Rawitsch community took in the parishioners from Leszno (formerly Lissa ), including Rabbi Akiba Eger . In 1797 the community had 198 families and in 1835 there were 401 families, i.e. 1574 Jews, who made up about 50% of the total population of the place.

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