Comments on: Shanghai to restore historic Shul

By: sassoon12

sassoon12 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:28:46 +0000

TZEE KLUG, i had no problem enlarging the picture. but even once enlarged, you cant see any faces, so it doesnt really matter.

By: Upshlugger

Upshlugger — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:17:46 +0000

2 Comments. I just got back from Shanghai too. There is only one big Chabad, which is super nice, friendly, helpful, and an awesome place to spend Shabbos. The Chabad in Pudong (the other side of Shanghai) at the present doesnt get a minyan on Shabbos, although the Rabbi is super nice too.

The Mir Yeshiva bldg has been torn down and is now a high rise building.

The Shul will be a museum, however the govmt allows them to be opened about 6 times a year for the major holidays.

By: yochi

yochi — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:38:37 +0000

I dont know anything about this building, but I recently got back from China and there are 2 very big Chabad shuls on each side of Shainghai.

By: matzahlocaol101

matzahlocaol101 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:41:23 +0000

The shul was converted into printing house last I heard. It has a fascinating story attached to it. A sephardi jew from israel, married to a goyta, living and doing business in Shanghai, realizing that he was getting on in years without leaving alot behind spiritually, wrote to his chacham in israel and asked what he should do. The chacham told him to build a large shul, stock it with sefarim and make sure it had a large kitchen. There wasn’t even a minyan in Shanghai when the shul was completed around 1921. It remained that way for 19 years. When the bochrim from Mir, Lubavitch, Amshinov, and Yachal came to Shangahi in 1940-1, they fit perfectly.

By: TZEE KLUG

TZEE KLUG — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:11:41 +0000

YW: the picture of the Mirrer Yeshiva is not your picture exclusevly, why aren’t you allowing us to enlarge it?

By: mdlevine

mdlevine — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:05:51 +0000

Bklynmom –

I echo your thoughts 100%

By: bklynmom

bklynmom — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:00:01 +0000

Thank you Shanghai for being a safe haven for our parents and grandparents during WW2. So many MEMORIALS are established in memory and to honor Jews, how lucky can we be! Did you notice that the only time countries are interested in Jews is when they can build a MONUMENT (sort of like a headstone for a grave) for us?

By: hirsheltzig

hirsheltzig — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:15:03 +0000

does anybody use the shul now? or will it be turned into a museum?