The Ba’al Shem Tov Shul (Medzhybizh, Ukraine) – Single-Wall Sukkah Mural

Description

A regional center of Jewish culture since the sixteenth century, Medzhybizh is best known as the court and final resting place of Rabbi Yisra’el ben Eliezer – the Ba’al Shem Tov – founder of chassidut.  While the original eighteenth-century structure was torn down by the Nazis and used for firewood, the Ba’al Shem Tov Shul and Beit Midrash has been lovingly rebuilt by the Ohalei Tzadkim organization to original specifications on its original site, using historically accurate materials, tools, and building techniques.

Spend Sukkot experiencing a deep connection with the holy Besh”t, the Maggid of Mezritch, the Toldot Ya’akov, and Rabbi Nachman of Breslev.  If you are really quiet, you may hear Hershele of Ostropol cackling with glee as he comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.