| Ashkenazi Synagogue of Tbilisi | |
| Religious Affiliation: | Orthodox Judaism |
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| Organisational Status: | Synagogue |
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| Functional Status: | Active |
| Location: | 13 TKavi I Dead End, Tbilisi |
| Country: | Georgia |
| Map Type: | Georgia |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6927°N 44.8063°W |
| Date Destroyed: | 1991 |
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| Footnotes: | [1] |
The Ashkenazi Synagogue of Tbilisi (also called the Little Synagogue or the Beit Rachel Synagogue) is a Chabad Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 13 TKavi I Dead End, Tbilisi, Georgia.
The synagogue was built in the early 1900s[2] or 1910s[3] for the city's Ashkenazi Jewish population. Attendance rates declined after the establishment of Bolshevik rule in Georgia and the suppression of religion that accompanied it.
The building was destroyed during the 1991 Racha earthquake; and was rebuilt in 2009 by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress headed by Alexander Mashkevitch.[4]
The Ashkenazi Synagogue has two mikvehs, one for men and one for women.[5] The building is a 2-story trapezoidal structure. They have separate entrances for men and women. The Torah ark, located in the lower hall, is around 150 years old and has seven Sephardic and two Ashkenazi Torah scrolls.