Obj. ID: 20922
  Architecture  Beit Midrash of Herszel Zagajski in Kielce, Poland

A private house of prayer was erected on Herszel Zagajski’s initiative in 1922 (he was one of the greatest entrepreneurs in Kielce). It is the only preserved house of prayer in Kielce. It has 54 square meters and can accommodate upto 80 people in it at the same time.

During World War II it was devastated by the Germans. After the occupation, it served as a store. In the 1980s it was used to store chimney brushes in there. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was given back to the owner's heirs. In 2011 it became a possession of Dorbud company that bought the tenement in between Słowacki Street and Śniadecki Street, together with the courtyard and the house of prayer.

In the interior, murals are preserved. They feature green panels divided by painted columns and topped by the Signs of the Zodiac. The site of the Torah ark is flanked by two painted scrolls inscribed פתחו שערי צדק, and two depictions of the Holy places in the Land of Israel. The right one is inscribed מלכות בית דוד and shows the tomb of King David.

Wooden women's balcony is also partly preserved. Its walls are painted brown.