Szegő Dóra - Szegő György: Synagogues - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2004)
The Teleki tér Synagogue
a canopy above the arched Ark. The tympanum of the canopy bears the Hebrew inscription: "May the Lord’s name be praised from daybreak to sundown”. Flanked on two sides by wooden balustrades featuring traceried stars of David set in circular inscriptions, the bimah ends in a corbie gable bearing the name, in Hebrew, of the Lord in an aura. The menorahs and the glazed entrance-doors decorated with stars of David were also made in Art Deco style. The multicoloured star-of- David motif on the ceiling painted in puritanical style makes an Oriental effect. During World War II, the building was used as a children's shelter by the Red Cross. The first public Jewish service after the war was held in the Nagy Fuvaros utca synagogue. In the lobby today there is a small winter prayer-room with an Ark salvaged from another, now abandoned, prayer-house. There is a culture hall, a kitchen, an office and a Talmud-Torah room in the building. Until recently, the largest community of the city operated here. The Teleki tér Synagogue The other important prayer-house of the district was set up for a Hasidic community from Galicia in a residential house at 22 Teleki tér. The synagogue was called Tihortkovo ihil. (The word ihit—Schul—designates a house of study, while ■ Synagogue interior in Teleki tér 73
