“Beth Hamedrash D’Chevra Chessed L’Avraham - Chassidei Kenihanitch.”

HUGE AMERICAN SYNAGOGUE SIGN.

New York

1920’s

Hebrew hand-painted metal sign. “Prayers and study, every morning and evening.” Striking lettering, gold against black background. Wooden frame. Good condition.

Large outdoor sign belonging to the synagogue that formerly occupied 328 East 4th Street, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. “Established in 1923 by the Kenihanitcher Rebbe, Shlita,” the synagogue was frequented by immigrants stemming from the village of Kniahynychi, in western Ukraine. The synagogue was abandoned some 50 years ago. For more on this New York synagogue and on the Jewish shtetl in the Ukraine from which the founders originated, see: https://genealogy.cjh.org/synagogue/1316 and https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rohatyn/rohatynphotos.htm.