Tallinn Synagogue

The synagogue in Tallinn (Estonian Tallinna sünagoog ) is the largest synagogue in Estonia.

The synagogue of Tallinn is also known under the name Beit Bella Synagogue. It is located in the Karu -Straße 16 in the center of Tallinn, in 2007 was to the provisional assembly and church of the Jewish community in Northern Estonia.

The new synagogue was inaugurated on 16 May 2007 and is the first synagogue building in the Baltic States after the Second World War. The architects of this bright, modern building with traditional overtones were Lembit - Kaur Stöör and Tonis Kimmel. The building has cost about 1.4 million euros, which were funded primarily through donations.

The church has 180 seats, which can be extended for concerts and cultural events on 230 seats. Besides the actual synagogue includes the complex a mikveh and a kosher restaurant. Head of the synagogue is Rabbi Shmuel Kot of the Hasidic Chabad movement.

The old synagogue in Tallinn in the Maakri Street, which was until the Holocaust center of Jewish community life in Estonia, was built in 1883. It was destroyed in the devastating attack by the Soviet Air Force in Tallinn in March 1944. Since 1946, the small Jewish community of Tallinn was dependent on Behelfsräume.