Synagogue of the Sadhora Tsaddik, Chernivtsi
The court of the Ruzhyn tsaddiks in Sadhora, restored in 2016. The melody of "Hava Nagila" comes from here.
In the winter of 1842 Israel Friedman, the Ruzhyn tsaddik, fled to Sadhora from persecution by the russian authorities; he died in 1850, and the dynasty was carried on by his son and grandson. The red-brick synagogue with Moorish motifs was built in the middle of the 19th century — sources give both 1852 and the 1870s–1880s, so the catalogue lists the century. In 1880 Sadhora had 3,888 Jewish residents — 80 % of the town. Under Soviet rule the gates were broken through with a tank, tractors were repaired in the halls, and in the 1990s the complex was abandoned. Restoration resumed in 2013 and the building opened on 3 November 2016; the stained glass was made by the Chernivtsi artist Anatolii Fedirko. The melody of "Hava Nagila" was recorded among the Sadhora Hasidim in 1915.
192 Yaroslava Mudroho Street, Sadhora — by trolleybus from the centre of Chernivtsi. A working pilgrimage centre; opening hours are not published.