Bejt ha-midrasz
Heritage Sites – Synagogues, prayer houses and others
Polska / małopolskie
People continued to arrive in the town at the end of the 19th century. The newcomers who included mostly Orthodox Jews and Chasidim refused to pray in the Reform synagogue, so a Beit ha-Midrash was built in the late 19th century[1.1]. Suited to their needs, it was used as a place where Gemara was studied, itinerant preachers were listened to, and Melawe Malka feasts were organized on Saturdays as ceremonial farewell dinners at the end of the Sabbath[1.2]. The only information about the very building is that it actually existed.
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[1.1] It was probably situated near the Reform Synagogue. The history of both the synagogue is told by Katarzyna Iwańska in her articles [in:] “Wadoviana” No. 9, Wadowice 2005. Unfortunately, the author confused the terms Ashkenazi and Sephardic with Reform and Orthodox.
[1.2] According to the memoire of Dawid Jakubowicz, [in:] Księga pamiątkowa gmin żydowskich Wadowic, Andrychowa, Kalwarii i Myślenic, ed. D. Jakubowicz, Tel Aviv 1968, p. 32.
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