Manhattan, NY – Two tablets of the Ten Commandments (Liches), including one that had disappeared years ago and was thought lost, will be restored to the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue today, just in time for the start of the High Holy Days.
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1 of the tablets that had been believed lost for decades was discovered earlier this year – carefully wrapped in the building’s cellar.
Both artifacts were created for the synagogue, made of wood and hand-painted, the newly restored tablets were being installed today above the ark that holds the sacred Torah scrolls.
The hand-painted tablets were part of the Lower East Side building when it opened in 1887 to serve Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Both will be put back in place today, a day before the start of Rosh Hashana.
In 1996 the synagogue, which serves Congregation Kahal Adath Yeshurun, was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Most have been a Chasidic Shul
I took the tour of the shul a few months ago, and remember that one of the luchos was missing. Very nice.