Lida (Belarusian: Лі́да, IPA: ; Russian: Ли́да, IPA: ; Lithuanian: Lyda; Latvian: Ļida; Polish: Lida, IPA: ; Yiddish: לידע, romanized: Lyde) is a city in Grodno Region, western Belarus, located 168 kilometres (104 mi) west of Minsk The name Lida arises from its Lithuanian name Lyda, which derives from lydimas, meaning "slash-and-burn" agricultural method or a plot of land prepared in this way. Names in other languages are spelled as Polish: Lida and Yiddish: לידע. Jews first settled in Lida in the middle of the 16th century, and permission to construct a synagogue was granted by King Stefan Batory in 1579. The temple was decimated and rebuilt with the permission of King Wladyslaw Vasa in 1630, among the city's notable rabbis at the time were Rabbi David ben Aryeh Leib and his son Pethahiah ben David. By 1817, the Jewish Community numbered 567, nearly three-quarters of the total population of the city. Lida had a particularly-sightly brick synagogue. More information...
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