Translator name :Wanda
Lędyczek is a little town about 18 miles southwest of Człuchów (Schlochau.) First Jews settled down there probably as early as the beginning of the 18th c. In formal terms, however, it was officially founded in the early 19th century. In 1831 it had about 130 members that made almost 24% of the entire population of Lędyczek. In 1880s the community population number went up to ca. 200.
The community in Lędyczek had its own cemetery and synagogue. A new synagogue was built in 1920s, so when there were few Jews left in the community.
Community
[Polish, gmina; Yiddish, kahal; Hebrew, kehila]
A form of organization in Jewish communities. The term has two meanings: it refers to a group of Jews having their own internal organization, including self-government and authorities; it also means the body of authorities governing this group.
Jewish law and tradition, along with government legislation, were the two main factors(...)
Community
[Polish, gmina; Yiddish, kahal; Hebrew, kehila]
A form of organization in Jewish communities. The term has two meanings: it refers to a group of Jews having their own internal organization, including self-government and authorities; it also means the body of authorities governing this group.
Jewish law and tradition, along with government legislation, were the two main factors(...)
Synagogue
[Greek, synagogé = assembly], beit kneset [Hebrew, house of assemblies]
The building in which Jews pray, known in Polish as boznica.
The synagogue is the focus of religious life, and to some extent also for the social life in traditional Jewish communities. Its institutional origins reach back to antiquity, most probably to the period of the Babylonian captivity, when the(...)
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