Lehaim! The real Jewish Minsk

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Lehaim! The real Jewish Minsk

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The sightseeing tour shows Minsk as one of the largest cities in the Belarusian land with a rich Jewish history. He introduces Minsk, which 150 years ago had the unique flavor of a Belarusian city, whose population consisted of about half hardworking artisans, enterprising merchants and great sages of Jewish origin, and gives an idea of how much Jews contributed to the architectural appearance of our city, its cultural history and art. 

Route: meeting place with the group – Rakovskaya St. near the "house with a mezuzah" – Rakovskaya St., Saltzman Synagogue – Rakovskaya St., Shchifmanovich shoe factory – Rakovskaya St., wallpaper factory – turn on Vitebsk St., Talmud Torah – Vitebsk St., the building of the restaurant "Rakovsky Brovar" (Yeshiva Gdola Minsk) – building Kagala – Rakovskaya Street, House of Celebrations – crossing Nemiga Street 3, site near the Museum of the History of Minsk – crossing Nemiga Street with a stop near the metro station – crossing to Troitsk suburb – stop near the monument to "Belarusians of Zamezh" – the building of the restaurant "Staravilenskaya Tavern" – House of Nature (Kitayevskaya Synagogue) – Pharmacy building on Storozhevskaya St. – Beilin House, Zaborsky St. 3 – the place of the end of the tour is the Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue, Krapotkin St., 22A