Zavl’s Kloyz took a prominent place among the Vilnius’ synagogues: in 1846 it was visited by Sir Moses Montefiori, and in 1921 Khaykl Lunski (ca. 1881–1942/43) called it “one of the largest and most important” kloyzn in Vilnius.
Moses Montefiori
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Leyzer Ran, Yerushalaim delita (New York, 1974), vol. 1, p. 104;
Genrikh Agranovskii & Irina Guzenberg, Litovskii Ierusalim. Kratkii putevoditel' po pamiatnym mestam evreiskoi istorii i kul'tury v Vilniuse (Vilnius, 1992), p. 35-36;
Marija Rupeikienė, Nykstantis kultūros paveldas: Lietuvos sinagogų architektūra (Vilnius, 2003), p. 124 ill. 104;
Vilna: A Jewish Community in Times of Glory and in Time of Destruction, YIVO Exhibition Catalogue (New York, 1960), p. 20, nos. 158-159
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/06/23/lithuania-outer-restoration-of-geliu-st-synagogue-completed
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