The extant building of Chasidic kloiz in Kaunas reminds us of many differences in the Kaunas Jewish community before the Second World War. Also, this place is a rare historical site of rather marginal Chasidic community in Kaunas.

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Today the former Chasidic kloiz building stands on the Žaliakalnis hillside, on the same crossroads between two streets – Gimnazija str. 6/Antanas Mackevičius str. 2, and at the same time it is on the crossroads between Kaunas Oldtown and Žaliakalnis district. However, the building lost its religious purpose – at the moment there is an art studio. During the Soviet occupation, it was turned into a laboratory, but it did not last for long, so the building was transferred to the Kaunas department of the Vilnius art academy (strangely, the same thing happened with the Butchers` synagogue building in Kaunas). Although the academy did not use this building during the Soviet period, after Lithuania regained independence Vilnius art academy decided to turn this building into a sculpture study – there are still visible remnants of kloiz interior inside the study.