{{Short description|Synagogue in Bershad, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Bershad Synagogue | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Синагога у Бершаді1.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = Synagogue in Bershad | religious_affiliation = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Nusach Ashkenaz]] | festival = <!-- or |festivals= --> | organisational_status = [[Synagogue]]<!-- or |organizational_status= --> | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = Narodna Street, [[Bershad]], [[Vinnytsia Oblast]] 24400 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = [[Ukraine]] | map_type = Ukraine | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the synagogue in [[Ukraine]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|48.3625|29.5191|region:UA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = Early 19th century | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or |date_destroyed= --> | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = {{convert|21|m}} | width = {{convert|12|m}} | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = {{convert|6|m}} | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = Timber | elevation_m = <!-- or |elevation_ft= --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = | module = <!-- for embedding other infobox templates --> | footnotes = <ref name=CJA>{{cite web |url=https://cja.huji.ac.il/mhs/browser.php?mode=set&id=16130 |title=Synagogue (Shilekhl) in Bershad |work=Historic Synagogues of Europe |publisher=[[Center for Jewish Art]] and Foundation for Jewish Heritage. [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] |location=Jerusalem, Israel |date=1998 |access-date=9 April 2024 }}</ref> }} The '''Bershad Synagogue''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[synagogue]], located on Narodna Street, in [[Bershad]], in the [[Vinnytsia Oblast]] of [[Ukraine]]. Built in the beginning of the 19th century, it is one of the very few synagogues in Ukraine that was neither destroyed during [[World War II]] nor closed by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet authorities]] in the years after the war.
The synagogue is still used by the small Jewish community of Bershad that worships in the [[Nusach Ashkenaz|Ashkenazi]] [[Nusach (Jewish custom)|rite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2017/03/21/lifestyle/preparing-for-passover-in-ukraines-last-shtetl |title=Preparing for Passover in Ukraine’s last shtetl |author=Liphshiz, Cnaan |date=21 March 2017 |accessdate=23 February 2019 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]}}</ref> It is not to be confused with the magnificent ''Great Synagogue'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://myshtetl.org/vinnitskaja/bershad_en.html |title=Bershad Vinnitsa Region |work=My Shtetl - Jewish towns of the Ukraine |date=n.d. |accessdate=22 February 2019 |publisher=Jewish Religious community of Zhmerinka}}</ref> which does no longer exist.
== Architecture == The walls of the synagogue are wattle and daub and white-washed, looking like a common rural building. Its outer dimensions are approximately {{convert|21|m}} in length and {{convert|12|m}} in width, the height to the cornice is {{circa}} {{convert|3.3|m}} with a total height of {{convert|6|m}}.
The synagogue has two main rooms: the men's prayer hall and a western room, which is 2-tired and contains the women's section and perhaps living quarters. An inner wall separates the two rooms.
There are eight wooden columns that support the two large wooden beams of the ceiling. The columns divide the space of the prayer hall into three naves. The [[Almemar|Bimah]] has a simple, square, wooden construction. It is surrounded by four round wooden columns, sits in the centre of the prayer hall and is elevated by one step. Above it on the ceiling is a large [[Star of David]]. The [[Holy Ark]], a carved wooden closet, is situated on the western wall. There is no niche for the Tora Ark.<ref name=CJA/>
== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Judaism|Ukraine}}}} * [[History of the Jews in Ukraine]] * [[List of synagogues in Ukraine]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Synagogue in Bershad}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.eylonconsulting.com/bukovina/blog/?p=907 |title=Bukovina blog |work=Eylon Consulting |format=images; many inside |date= |access-date=February 22, 2019 }} * {{cite web |url=http://twotzaddiks.org/part4.html |title=Part 4 |work=Two Tzaddiks |format=images; inside and outside |date= |access-date=February 22, 2019 }}
{{Jews and Judaism in Ukraine}} {{Wooden synagogues}}
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