Maiselova synagoga
Czechia
The building you walk into is not the one Mordechai Maisel paid for, and it helps to know that from the start. Maisel, a leading financier and patron of Prague's Jewish community, bought the plot in 1590 and, a year later, secured a special privilege from Emperor Rudolf II allowing him to build a private synagogue on it. The plan was drawn up by Juda Coref de Herz, also recorded as Goldschmied, which simply means goldsmith, and the work was directed by Josef Wahl. By 1592 it was finished and consecrated on Simchat Torah, the festive day of Rejoicing in the Torah. For the next hundred years it was the largest building in the Prague ghetto and, thanks to its rich furnishings, the most splendid.
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