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Chaim Perlmutter
Listed among the synagogue wardens in recent years.
Libkowitz
Purchased a contested synagogue lot at public auction on Yom Kippur.
Mr. Tshum
Donated the synagogue later called Tshum Shul.
Miodowa Street
Street where the Meor VaShemesh synagogue stood.
Meor VaShemesh Synagogue
A synagogue on Miodowa Street supported by affluent local residents.
Tshum Shul
A synagogue named for donor Mr. Tshum.
Libkowitz School
A school associated with the Libkowitz donor family.
Synagogue lot
A donated plot later used to build an ornate synagogue.
Mordechai Weiser
An affluent express porter who established a synagogue for express porters.
Express porters
Porters with municipal registration who gathered near the city bank.
Express Synagogue
A synagogue on Zherudlna Street founded for express porters.
Rapoporta Street
Street beside the old cemetery.
Lazarus Hospital
A nearby hospital whose patients also prayed at the elderly home synagogue.
Elderly Home Synagogue
A synagogue serving residents, cemetery visitors, and nearby hospital patients.
Wedding Hall
A hall providing dignified weddings for poor and orphaned brides.
Mahazikei Lomdei Torah Yeshiva
A yeshiva operating in the Express Synagogue during later years.
Waiters and musicians
Workers serving weddings and religious celebrations who founded a synagogue.
Table Setters and Pleasant Singers Synagogue
A synagogue founded by waiters and musicians on Theodora Platz.
Yoel Weitz
A renowned waiter who headed the Table Setters and Pleasant Singers Synagogue.
Theodora Platz
Location of the Table Setters and Pleasant Singers Synagogue.
Short and Kind Synagogue
A synagogue of laborers, small merchants, kiosk owners, and stallholders.
Small merchants, kiosk owners, and stallholders
Workers and traders associated with the Short and Kind Synagogue.
Large Tailors’ Synagogue
A tailors’ synagogue in the Great Synagogue building outside the city.
Small Tailors’ Synagogue
A synagogue for small tailors in the Great Synagogue building outside the city.
Small Tailors’ City Synagogue
Another small tailors’ synagogue located within the city.
Teachers’ Shul
A study and prayer institution initially intended for all teachers in the city.
Loaders
Manual laborers who studied Mishnah and the weekly portion after work.
Shoulder Bearers’ Synagogue
A synagogue where loaders studied after difficult workdays.
Shmuklarim or Shniek Shul Synagogue
A synagogue founded by craftsmen and later used by householders and Hasidim.
Eliezer Drimer
A leader of the Shmuklarim synagogue who died in 1953 in Tel Aviv.
Meir Shapiro
The rabbi of Hlyniany who stayed in Lviv and taught daily for six months.
Young Agudath Israel
A group whose members attended Rabbi Meir Shapiro’s daily lesson.
Melekhet Hinukh Synagogue
A shoemakers’ synagogue located in the Great Synagogue building outside the city.
Menakrim Synagogue
A renowned synagogue located in the Great Synagogue building outside the city.
Bikur Holim Synagogue
A synagogue whose worshippers emphasized visiting and helping the sick.
Hevrat Bnei Levayah Synagogue
A synagogue whose society organized burial processions for the city’s dead.