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Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue
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The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, most often spelled Tiferet Israel, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul, after its co-founder, Nisan Bak is a former prominent Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, loc
The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, before 1948
The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, before 1948
Acquisition scroll, 1872
Acquisition scroll, 1872
Interior showing raised bimah topped by ornate ironwork, vintage postcard c. 1900.
Interior showing raised bimah topped by ornate ironwork, vintage postcard c. 1900.
Interior design showing uppermost section of bimah ironwork, c. 1940.
Interior design showing uppermost section of bimah ironwork, c. 1940.
Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty)
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Ruzhin is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman in the town of Ruzhyn, Ukraine, today an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue
…Jerusalem. Designed by Nisan Bak, the former synagogue was completed in 1872 and partially destroyed in 1948. The synagogue was inaugurated in 1872 by the Ruzhin Hasidim among the members of the Old Yishuv and was destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion on 21 May 1948 during the Battle for Jerusalem of the 1948 Arab–Israeli…
Partial view of the palace of the Ruzhiner Rebbe in Sadigura.
Partial view of the palace of the Ruzhiner Rebbe in Sadigura.