The first known date of the existence
of a synagogue in Polaniec is 1727. It is likely that in 1744 the it was
replaced with a new synagogue, built some distance from the Catholic
church. In 1757 it was repaired with a new roof.
It was constructed with pillars. The
main room had a lobby on the west side with small room attached. On the
second floor, built on columns, was a balcony for women. The main room had a
square shape, a domed ceiling and multicolored paintings on the walls.
Between the western wall and the stairs was the Aron HaKodesh and the Bima.
In 1943 the wooden building was
destroyed, but the brick Cheder that was built in the 18th
century was saved. It was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th
centuries.
The current building rests on square
columns. The roof is made of tin plate. Inside there is a main square room
with smaller rooms attached. After WWII it was used as a grammar school and
later on as a cardboard factory or warehouse.
The building is registered as an
antiquity, number 493A.
Another photo of the Talmud Torah
Click
here for a 1939 portrait of the students of the Plontch Yeshiva
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