Chodorów Synagogue (Poland)
Israel ben Mordechai Lisnicki
1652 and 1714
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Israel ben Mordechai Lisnicki
18th Century
Israel ben Mordechai Lisnicki was an artist from Jaryczow (now Novyi Yarychiv, Ukraine) who painted the walls and ceilings in at least two synagogues.
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Chodorów, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Khodoriv, Ukraine)
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