Beis Aharon V’Yisroel · Lviv, Ukraine

A Jewish homefor every Jew in Lviv.

For more than three decades, Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo and Rebbetzin Sara Bald have opened a door to Torah, tefillah, belonging, and practical care—one person at a time.

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Led with devotion byRabbi Mordechai Shlomo & Rebbetzin Sara Bald

The decorated interior of Beis Aharon V’Yisroel Synagogue in Lviv — Beis Aharon V’YisroelPhoto provided by the community

Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Bald of Lviv — **Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Bald**Chief Rabbi of Lviv & West Ukraine

לבובתורה · תפילה · חסד

30+years of Jewish leadership

Every Jewwelcomed with warmth

Torah · Tefillah · Cheseda complete Jewish home

An open door to Jewish life

Connection begins with a warm welcome.

Lviv Jewish Community meets people where they are and helps them take the next meaningful step—through learning, celebration, friendship, and care.

Learn

Torah & Jewish learning

Approachable Torah, personal guidance, and learning that helps every Jew discover a deeper connection.

Belong

Shabbos & Yom Tov

Warm tefillos, shared meals, and meaningful celebrations that turn tradition into lived experience.

Grow

Children & families

Jewish education, family programs, and welcoming moments that give the next generation strong roots.

Care

A community that shows up

Personal attention in joyful times and difficult ones—because connection begins with genuine care.

Torah in a few meaningful minutes

A thought to carry into the week.

Short, clear Torah messages from Rabbi Bald—on emunah, Jewish identity, the parsha, and living Yiddishkeit with purpose.

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01Jewish livingThe Lessons of Tefillin 02Acharei–KedoshimClarity in Yiddishkeit 03FaithThe Three Levels of Emunah

The exterior of Beis Aharon V’Yisroel Synagogue in Lviv — A historic synagogue that is once again a living Jewish home.

More than three decades in Lviv

Rebuilding Jewish life with patience, warmth, and faith.

Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo and Rebbetzin Sara Bald came to Lviv in the early 1990s and made the city their life’s work.

From the historic Beis Aharon V’Yisroel Synagogue, they helped rebuild learning, belonging, and observance after decades of Soviet suppression. The shul became a place to pray, learn, celebrate, ask questions, and simply feel at home.

During the war, that open door also became a source of food, medicine, shelter, and emergency assistance. The response grew, but the heart of the work remained the same: seeing every person and strengthening every Jewish soul.

The guiding idea is simple:Every Jew who walks through the door belongs.

Kiruv with responsibility

Care is not separate from connection.

A person may arrive looking for a minyan, a meal, guidance, or a safe place. Jewish Lviv responds to the whole person—with dignity and without judgment.

Food & essentialsShelter & warmthPersonal supportA path back to Torah

Independent reporting

The story of Jewish Lviv has reached the wider Jewish world.

The Times of IsraelRefugees grow Lviv’s Jewish community Jewish ActionHow war is drawing Ukraine’s Jews back Ukrainian Jewish EncounterAfter a missile strike near the Lviv synagogue

Help Jewish life grow in Lviv

Keep the door open—and the light burning.

Your support helps sustain Torah learning, Jewish programs, communal life, and practical assistance for people who need it. Give once or choose a monthly schedule that works for you.

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